CVE-2018-6196

Published: Jan 25, 2018Modified: Nov 21, 2024

7.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

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 (5)

Products: Tats: W3m · Canonical: Ubuntu Linux

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Tats W3m	Up to 0.5.3

Configuration B

4 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 12.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 14.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 16.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 17.10

Related CWEs

CWE-835

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.

References (12)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00028.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/8354763b90490d4105695df52674d0fcef823e92

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchThird Party Advisory

https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/88

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00025.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-1/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-2/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00028.html