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Vulnerability details: VCID-ektj-5fe3-r7hn
Vulnerability ID VCID-ektj-5fe3-r7hn
Aliases CVE-2006-6772
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.1
Risk 0.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
epss 0.13757 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-6772
epss 0.13757 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-6772
epss 0.13757 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-6772
epss 0.13757 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-6772
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2006-6772.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-6772
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6772
221484 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=221484
404564 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=404564
GLSA-200701-06 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200701-06
No exploits are available.
There are no known vectors.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.94408
EPSS Score 0.13757
Published At June 4, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-04T17:15:00.888834+00:00 Debian Importer Import https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/data/json 38.6.0