CVE catalog

CVE-2018-6196

w3m: CVE-2018-6196

[CVE catalog]

Severity
Medium · CVSS 6.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
2.94% · Oct 25, 2026

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.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debianw3msid0.5.3+git20230121-2.3fixed
Debianw3mforky0.5.3+git20230121-2.3fixed
Debianw3mtrixie0.5.3+git20230121-2.1fixed
Debianw3mbookworm0.5.3+git20230121-2fixed
Ubuntuw3m14.040.5.3-11vulnerable
Ubuntuw3m14.040.5.3-12vulnerable
Ubuntuw3m14.040.5.3-13vulnerable
Ubuntuw3m14.040.5.3-15vulnerable
Ubuntuw3m14.040.5.3-15ubuntu0.1vulnerable
Ubuntuw3m14.040.5.3-15ubuntu0.2fixed
Ubuntuw3m16.040.5.3-24vulnerable
Ubuntuw3m16.040.5.3-25vulnerable
Ubuntuw3m16.040.5.3-26vulnerable
Ubuntuw3m16.040.5.3-26build1vulnerable
Ubuntuw3m16.040.5.3-26ubuntu0.1vulnerable
Ubuntuw3m16.040.5.3-26ubuntu0.2fixed
Ubuntuw3m14.040.5.3-11vulnerable
Ubuntuw3m14.040.5.3-12vulnerable
Ubuntuw3m14.040.5.3-13vulnerable
Ubuntuw3m14.040.5.3-15vulnerable
Ubuntuw3m14.040.5.3-15ubuntu0.1vulnerable
Ubuntuw3m14.040.5.3-15ubuntu0.2fixed
Ubuntuw3m16.040.5.3-24vulnerable
Ubuntuw3m16.040.5.3-25vulnerable
Ubuntuw3m16.040.5.3-26vulnerable
Ubuntuw3m16.040.5.3-26build1vulnerable
Ubuntuw3m16.040.5.3-26ubuntu0.1vulnerable
Ubuntuw3m16.040.5.3-26ubuntu0.2fixed
Susew3mlinux enterprise desktop 12 sp30.5.3.git20161120-161.3.4fixed
Susew3mlinux enterprise desktop 12 sp40.5.3.git20161120-161.3.4fixed
Susew3mlinux enterprise server 12 sp30.5.3.git20161120-161.3.4fixed
Susew3mlinux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp30.5.3.git20161120-161.3.4fixed
Susew3mlinux enterprise server 12 sp40.5.3.git20161120-161.3.4fixed
Susew3mlinux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp40.5.3.git20161120-161.3.4fixed
Alpinew3m3.230.5.3_git20241203-r0fixed

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debianw3msourcesid0.5.3-36lowNot reportedNot reported
Debianw3msourceforky0.5.3-36lowNot reportedNot reported
Debianw3msourcetrixie0.5.3-36lowNot reportedNot reported
Debianw3msourcebookworm0.5.3-36lowNot reportedNot reported
Ubuntuw3mdeb14.040.5.3-15ubuntu0.2Not reportedUSN-3555-1Not reported
Ubuntuw3mdeb16.040.5.3-26ubuntu0.2Not reportedUSN-3555-1Not reported
Ubuntuw3mdeb14.040.5.3-15ubuntu0.2Not reportedUBUNTU-CVE-2018-6196Not reported
Ubuntuw3mdeb16.040.5.3-26ubuntu0.2Not reportedUBUNTU-CVE-2018-6196Not reported
Susew3mrpmlinux enterprise desktop 12 sp30.5.3.git20161120-161.3.4Not reportedSUSE-SU-2019:0776-1Not reported
Susew3mrpmlinux enterprise desktop 12 sp40.5.3.git20161120-161.3.4Not reportedSUSE-SU-2019:0776-1Not reported
Susew3mrpmlinux enterprise server 12 sp30.5.3.git20161120-161.3.4Not reportedSUSE-SU-2019:0776-1Not reported
Susew3mrpmlinux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp30.5.3.git20161120-161.3.4Not reportedSUSE-SU-2019:0776-1Not reported
Susew3mrpmlinux enterprise server 12 sp40.5.3.git20161120-161.3.4Not reportedSUSE-SU-2019:0776-1Not reported
Susew3mrpmlinux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp40.5.3.git20161120-161.3.4Not reportedSUSE-SU-2019:0776-1Not reported
Alpinew3mapk3.230.5.3_git20241203-r0Not reportedALPINE-CVE-2018-6196Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [w3m]Unknown
    Details (2)

    • 0.5.3+git20230121-2 · amd64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 0.5.3-36

      dsa · w3m · debian · bookworm; dsa · w3m · debian · 12

    • 0.5.3+git20230121-2 · arm64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 0.5.3-36

      dsa · w3m · debian · bookworm; dsa · w3m · debian · 12

  • [w3m-img]Unknown

    Source package: [w3m]

    Details (2)

    • 0.5.3+git20230121-2 · amd64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 0.5.3-36

      dsa · w3m · debian · bookworm; dsa · w3m · debian · 12

    • 0.5.3+git20230121-2 · arm64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 0.5.3-36

      dsa · w3m · debian · bookworm; dsa · w3m · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

  • [w3m]Unknown
    Details (2)

    • 0.5.3+git20230121-2.1 · amd64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 0.5.3-36

      dsa · w3m · debian · 13

    • 0.5.3+git20230121-2.1 · arm64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 0.5.3-36

      dsa · w3m · debian · 13

  • [w3m-img]Unknown

    Source package: [w3m]

    Details (2)

    • 0.5.3+git20230121-2.1 · amd64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 0.5.3-36

      dsa · w3m · debian · 13

    • 0.5.3+git20230121-2.1 · arm64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 0.5.3-36

      dsa · w3m · debian · 13

Observed:

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]