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CVE-2018-6197
w3m through 0.5.3 is prone to a NULL pointer dereference flaw in formUpdateBuffer in form.c.
High7.5EPSS 4.4%
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- mitre
Description
w3m through 0.5.3 is prone to a NULL pointer dereference flaw in formUpdateBuffer in form.c.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.4% · top 8.7% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (7)
- 102846 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- USN-3555-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/89 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-3555-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/7fdc83b0364005a0b5ed869230dd81752ba022e8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1142 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200430 [SECURITY] [DLA 2195-1] w3m security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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