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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…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 4.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.8% · top 7.9% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
22
- http://w3m.cvs.sourceforge.net/w3m/w3m/file.c?view=log (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2007-077 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 20061225 w3m format string bug (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- ADV-2006-5164 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- OpenPKG-SA-2006.44 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENPKGx_transferred
- http://w3m.cvs.sourceforge.net/w3m/w3m/file.c?r1=1.249&r2=1.250 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- w3m-certificate-format-string(31114) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 23717 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200701-06 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 23492 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 23792 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://w3m.cvs.sourceforge.net/%2Acheckout%2A/w3m/w3m/NEWS?revision=1.79 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1017440 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- w3m-inputanswer-format-string(34821) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1612792&group_id=39518&atid=425439 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2007:005 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 21735 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 24332 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- USN-399-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 23773 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 23588 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2007-078 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-6755 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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