UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6196

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6196

    Published: 24 Jan 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-6196

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6196, https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/88, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3555-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3555-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6196

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: w3m

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.5.3-15ubuntu0.2

    Affected versions

    0.5.3-11
    0.5.3-12
    0.5.3-13
    0.5.3-15
    0.5.3-15ubuntu0.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High