CVE-2018-6196
N/A
Published: January 25, 2018 at 03:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:01 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxW3M
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (6)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00028.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/8354763b90490d4105695df52674d0fcef823e92x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/88Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00025.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-1/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-2/Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-835
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