Vulnerability Details 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 certificate associated with an https URL.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.133
EPSS Ranking 93.7%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 9.3
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/23492
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23588
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23717
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23773
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23792
- 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/2006/5164
- 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/23492
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23588
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23717
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23773
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23792
- 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/2006/5164
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31114
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34821