CVE-2006-6772
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 4.8%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-134
- EPSS score
- 4.8% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-6755)
- Published
- December 27, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-6755 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- w3m / w3m
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(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23588(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23717(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23773(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23792(Vendor 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/2006/5164(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31114
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34821
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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