CVE-2018-6196
Published: 24 January 2018
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.
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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w3m Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Released
(0.5.3-34ubuntu0.1)
|
trusty |
Released
(0.5.3-15ubuntu0.2)
|
|
upstream |
Released
(0.5.3-36)
|
|
xenial |
Released
(0.5.3-26ubuntu0.2)
|
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Patches: upstream: https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/8354763b90490d4105695df52674d0fcef823e92 |
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 7.5 |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity impact | None |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |