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CVE-2018-6196 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00028.html CVE
https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/8354763b90490d4105695df52674d0fcef823e92 CVEPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/88 CVEExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00025.html CVE
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-1/ CVEThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
tats w3m
<= 0.5.3

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux
12.04
14.04
16.04
17.10

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-6196
NVD Published Date:
Jan 25, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-6196 Details - Not Deferred