CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-6197

w3m through 0.5.3 is prone to a NULL pointer dereference flaw in formUpdateBuffer in form.c.

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/89 Exploit Patch
https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/7fdc83b0364005a0b5ed869230dd81752ba022e8 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102846 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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 : 2019-04-05 12:29

NVD link : CVE-2018-6197

Mitre link : CVE-2018-6197

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-476