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.
Weakness
The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| W3m | Tats | * | 0.5.3 (including) |
| W3m | Ubuntu | artful | * |
| W3m | Ubuntu | devel | * |
| W3m | Ubuntu | esm-apps/xenial | * |
| W3m | Ubuntu | esm-infra-legacy/trusty | * |
| W3m | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| W3m | Ubuntu | trusty/esm | * |
| W3m | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| W3m | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00028.html
- https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/8354763b90490d4105695df52674d0fcef823e92
- https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/88
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00025.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-2/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00028.html
- https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/8354763b90490d4105695df52674d0fcef823e92
- https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/88
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00025.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-2/