VDB
CVE-2018-6196
CVE-2018-6196
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
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.
EPSS 2.94% · 86.8th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
2.94%
86.8th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | w3m | 0.5.3-13, 0, 0.5.3-11 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | w3m | 0.5.3-24, 0.5.3-25, 0.5.3-26 |
Timeline
- Jan 24, 2018 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 25, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 29, 2021 EPSS Score
- May 4, 2022 EPSS Score
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- Jan 12, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 16, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6196 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6196 advisory
- https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/88 discussion
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3555-1 advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3555-2 advisory