CVE-2018-6196
CVSS V2 Medium 5
CVSS V3 High 7.5
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.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2018-6196
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2018-01-25T03:29:00
- Last Modified Date
- 2019-10-03T00:03:26
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:w3m_project:w3m:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 0.5.3 | |
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Integrity Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- PARTIAL
- Base Score
- 5
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 10
- Impact Score
- 2.9
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 7.5
- Base Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 3.9
- Impact Score
- 3.6
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/88 | Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/8354763b90490d4105695df52674d0fcef823e92 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-2/ | Third Party Advisory |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-1/ | Third Party Advisory |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00028.html | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00025.html |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6196 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6196 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 07:43:56 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-03 01:28:57 | 2018-01-25T03:29Z | 2018-01-25T03:29:00 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-03 01:28:57 | 2019-10-03T00:03:26 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-03 01:28:57 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated |