{"id":"USN-3555-1","summary":"w3m vulnerabilities","details":"It was discovered that w3m incorrectly handled certain inputs.\nAn attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service.\n(CVE-2018-6196, CVE-2018-6197)\n\nIt was discovered that w3m incorrectly handled temporary files.\nAn attacker could possibly use this to overwrite arbitrary files.\n(CVE-2018-6198)\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:16Z","published":"2018-02-01T13:25:30Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6196","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6197","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6198"],"upstream":["CVE-2018-6196","CVE-2018-6197","CVE-2018-6198","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6196","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6197","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6198"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3555-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6196"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6197"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6198"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"w3m","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/w3m@0.5.3-15ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.5.3-15ubuntu0.2"}]}],"versions":["0.5.3-11","0.5.3-12","0.5.3-13","0.5.3-15","0.5.3-15ubuntu0.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"0.5.3-15ubuntu0.2","binary_name":"w3m"},{"binary_version":"0.5.3-15ubuntu0.2","binary_name":"w3m-img"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3555-1.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}],"id":"CVE-2018-6196"},{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2018-6197"},{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}],"id":"CVE-2018-6198"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"}}},{"package":{"name":"w3m","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/w3m@0.5.3-26ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.5.3-26ubuntu0.2"}]}],"versions":["0.5.3-24","0.5.3-25","0.5.3-26","0.5.3-26build1","0.5.3-26ubuntu0.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"0.5.3-26ubuntu0.2","binary_name":"w3m"},{"binary_version":"0.5.3-26ubuntu0.2","binary_name":"w3m-img"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3555-1.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}],"id":"CVE-2018-6196"},{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2018-6197"},{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}],"id":"CVE-2018-6198"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}