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.
HighCVSS 7.5
EPSS 2.9%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
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.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| debian/w3m(Debian:12) | < 0.5.3-36 | 0.5.3-36 |
| debian/w3m(Debian:13) | < 0.5.3-36 | 0.5.3-36 |
| debian/w3m(Debian:14) | < 0.5.3-36 | 0.5.3-36 |
| tats w3m | <= 0.5.3 | No fix listed |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | = 12.04 | No fix listed |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | = 14.04 | No fix listed |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | = 16.04 | No fix listed |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | = 17.10 | No fix listed |
| alpine/w3m(Alpine:v3.10) | < 0.5.3.20180125-r0 | 0.5.3.20180125-r0 |
| alpine/w3m(Alpine:v3.11) | < 0.5.3.20180125-r0 | 0.5.3.20180125-r0 |
| alpine/w3m(Alpine:v3.12) | < 0.5.3.20180125-r0 | 0.5.3.20180125-r0 |
| alpine/w3m(Alpine:v3.13) | < 0.5.3.20180125-r0 | 0.5.3.20180125-r0 |
| alpine/w3m(Alpine:v3.14) | < 0.5.3.20180125-r0 | 0.5.3.20180125-r0 |
| alpine/w3m(Alpine:v3.15) | < 0.5.3.20180125-r0 | 0.5.3.20180125-r0 |
| alpine/w3m(Alpine:v3.16) | < 0.5.3.20180125-r0 | 0.5.3.20180125-r0 |
| alpine/w3m(Alpine:v3.17) | < 0.5.3.20180125-r0 | 0.5.3.20180125-r0 |
| alpine/w3m(Alpine:v3.18) | < 0.5.3.20180125-r0 | 0.5.3.20180125-r0 |
| alpine/w3m(Alpine:v3.19) | < 0.5.3.20180125-r0 | 0.5.3.20180125-r0 |
| alpine/w3m(Alpine:v3.20) | < 0.5.3.20180125-r0 | 0.5.3.20180125-r0 |
| alpine/w3m(Alpine:v3.21) | < 0.5.3.20180125-r0 | 0.5.3.20180125-r0 |
| alpine/w3m(Alpine:v3.22) | < 0.5.3_git20241203-r0 | 0.5.3_git20241203-r0 |
| alpine/w3m(Alpine:v3.23) | < 0.5.3_git20241203-r0 | 0.5.3_git20241203-r0 |
| alpine/w3m(Alpine:v3.24) | < 0.5.3_git20241203-r0 | 0.5.3_git20241203-r0 |
| alpine/w3m(Alpine:v3.8) | < 0.5.3.20180125-r0 | 0.5.3.20180125-r0 |
| alpine/w3m(Alpine:v3.9) | < 0.5.3.20180125-r0 | 0.5.3.20180125-r0 |
References
- Debian Security Tracker CVE-2018-6196 vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1142 vendor-advisory
- github.com patch third-party-advisory
- github.com exploit patch third-party-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200430 [SECURITY] [DLA 2195-1] w3m security update mailing-list
- USN-3555-1 third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
- USN-3555-2 third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
- security.alpinelinux.org vendor-advisory