CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-6196

w3m through 0.5.3 is prone to an infinite recursion flaw in HTMLlineproc0 because the feed_table_block_tag function in table.c does not prevent a negative indent value.

5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/88 Exploit Patch
https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/8354763b90490d4105695df52674d0fcef823e92 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-1/ Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00028.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00025.html
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:w3m_project:w3m:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-01-25 03:29

Updated : 2019-10-03 12:03

NVD link : CVE-2018-6196

Mitre link : CVE-2018-6196

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-835