CVE-2018-6196

Publication date 24 January 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
w3m 17.10 artful
Fixed 0.5.3-34ubuntu0.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 0.5.3-26ubuntu0.2
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 0.5.3-15ubuntu0.2

Patch details

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Package Patch details
w3m

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
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

References

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