CVE-2018-6196
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3555-2
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
1Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
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.
w3m hasta la versión 0.5.3 es propenso a un error de recursión infinita en HTMLlineproc0 debido a que la función feed_table_block_tag en table.c no evita un valor negativo de sangría.
USN-3555-2 fixed vulnerabilities in w3m. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. It was discovered that w3m incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. It was discovered that w3m incorrectly handled temporary files. An attacker could possibly use this to overwrite arbitrary files. Various other issues were also addressed.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2018-01-24 CVE Reserved
- 2018-01-25 CVE Published
- 2024-08-05 CVE Updated
- 2024-08-05 First Exploit
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
- CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
CAPEC
References (6)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00025.html | Mailing List |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/88 | 2024-08-05 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/8354763b90490d4105695df52674d0fcef823e92 | 2023-12-29 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00028.html | 2023-12-29 | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-1 | 2023-12-29 | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-2 | 2023-12-29 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Tats Search vendor "Tats" | W3m Search vendor "Tats" for product "W3m" | <= 0.5.3 Search vendor "Tats" for product "W3m" and version " <= 0.5.3" | - |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 12.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "12.04" | esm |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 14.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.04" | lts |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 16.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "16.04" | lts |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 17.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "17.10" | - |
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