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CVE-2018-6196
Published:January 25, 2018
Updated:July 21, 2026
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.
Related Resources (9)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-1/
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-6196
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-6196
https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/8354763b90490d4105695df52674d0fcef823e92
https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/88
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00028.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00025.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6196
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
CWE-835
EPSS
Base Score:
2.94