Vulnerability record · CVE-2018-6196 · published 25 January 2018
CVE-2018-6196: Tats w3m vulnerability
TTats · W3m
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.
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.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00028.html | |
| https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/8354763b90490d4105695df52674d0fcef823e92 | PatchThird Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/88 | ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00025.html | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-1/ | Third Party Advisory |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-2/ | Third Party Advisory |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00028.html | |
| https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/8354763b90490d4105695df52674d0fcef823e92 | PatchThird Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/88 | ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00025.html | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-1/ | Third Party Advisory |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-2/ | Third Party Advisory |
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Related vulnerabilities
Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2018-6196), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-10). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.