CVE-2006-6772
Format string vulnerability in the inputAnswer function in file.c in w3m before 0.5.2, when run with the dump or backend option, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the Common Name (CN) field of an SSL…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.70%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Format string vulnerability in the inputAnswer function in file.c in w3m before 0.5.2, when run with the dump or backend option, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the Common Name (CN) field of an SSL certificate associated with an https URL.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 4.70% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-134
- Affected
- w3m/w3m
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2415
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2416
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-December/051457.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23492Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23588Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23717Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23773Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23792Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-06.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017440
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1612792&group_id=39518&atid=425439
- http://w3m.cvs.sourceforge.net/%2Acheckout%2A/w3m/w3m/NEWS?revision=1.79
- http://w3m.cvs.sourceforge.net/w3m/w3m/file.c?r1=1.249&r2=1.250
- http://w3m.cvs.sourceforge.net/w3m/w3m/file.c?view=log
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_05_w3m.html
- http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.044.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21735
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24332
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-399-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5164Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31114
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34821
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2415
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2416
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-December/051457.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23492Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23588Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23717Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23773Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23792Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.