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HistoryJan 09, 2023 - 12:00 a.m.

w3m vulnerability

2023-01-0900:00:00
ubuntu.com
49
ubuntu
w3m
html
denial of service
arbitrary code
vulnerability

CVSS3

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

8.1

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

57.3%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 22.10
  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 18.04 ESM

Packages

  • w3m - WWW browsable pager with excellent tables/frames support

Details

It was discovered that w3m incorrectly handled certain HTML files. A remote
attacker could use this issue to cause w3m to crash, resulting in a denial
of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Ubuntu22.10noarchw3m< 0.5.3+git20220429-1ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu22.10noarchw3m-dbgsym< 0.5.3+git20220429-1ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu22.10noarchw3m-img< 0.5.3+git20220429-1ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu22.10noarchw3m-img-dbgsym< 0.5.3+git20220429-1ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu22.04noarchw3m< 0.5.3+git20210102-6ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu22.04noarchw3m-dbgsym< 0.5.3+git20210102-6ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu22.04noarchw3m-img< 0.5.3+git20210102-6ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu22.04noarchw3m-img-dbgsym< 0.5.3+git20210102-6ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu20.04noarchw3m< 0.5.3-37ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu20.04noarchw3m-dbgsym< 0.5.3-37ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN
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CVSS3

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

8.1

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

57.3%