CVE-2006-6772

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-6772
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-12-27 23:28:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionFormat 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-134 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application W3m W3m 0.5.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo update for w3m - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SUSE update for w3m - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVS Info for project w3m af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 w3m.cvs.sourceforge.net
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
SourceForge.net: ERROR af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
Ubuntu update for w3m - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
OpenPKG Corporation: Security: Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openpkg.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - w3m Format String Bug in Processing Certificates May Permit Remote Code Execution af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
w3m Certificate Handling Format String Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVS Info for project w3m af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 w3m.cvs.sourceforge.net
[Full-disclosure] xss problems af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.grok.org.uk
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CVS Info for project w3m af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 w3m.cvs.sourceforge.net
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 fedoranews.org
w3m: Format string vulnerability — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Fedora update for w3m - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 fedoranews.org
W3M Browser InputAnswer Format String Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
usn/USN-399-1 - Ubuntu: Linux for human beings af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
W3M SSL Certificate Format String Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVS Info for project w3m MITRE w3m.cvs.sourceforge.net
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2007-03-14Mark J CoxRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

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