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This CVE record is not being prioritized for NVD enrichment efforts due to resource or other concerns.
Current 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.
Format string vulnerability in w3m 0.5.1, 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.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
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