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.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/8354763b90490d4105695df52674d0fcef823e92
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-2/
Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/88
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-1/
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00028.html
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00025.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0059
EPSS Percentile
69.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-835
Status
published
Products (5)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
17.10
tats/w3m
< 0.5.3
Published
Jan 25, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026