CVE-2018-6197

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-6197
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-01-25 03:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-12-29 18:38:00 UTC
Descriptionw3m through 0.5.3 is prone to a NULL pointer dereference flaw in formUpdateBuffer in form.c.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.10 All All All
Application Tats W3m All All All All
Application W3m Project W3m All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
w3m 'form.c' Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Prevent invalid columnPos() call in formUpdateBuffer() · tats/w3m@7fdc83b · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2195-1] w3m security update MLIST lists.debian.org
USN-3555-2: w3m vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3555-1: w3m vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
segv in columnPos · Issue #89 · tats/w3m · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1142-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 501271 Alpine Linux Security Update for w3m
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