DEBIAN-CVE-2018-6198

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-6198
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-6198.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-6198
Upstream
Published
2018-01-25T03:29:00.697Z
Modified
2025-11-19T02:04:35.239456Z
Severity
  • 4.7 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

w3m through 0.5.3 does not properly handle temporary files when the ~/.w3m directory is unwritable, which allows a local attacker to craft a symlink attack to overwrite arbitrary files.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / w3m

Package

Name
w3m
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/w3m?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.5.3-36

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-6198.json"

Debian:12 / w3m

Package

Name
w3m
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/w3m?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.5.3-36

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-6198.json"

Debian:13 / w3m

Package

Name
w3m
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/w3m?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.5.3-36

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-6198.json"

Debian:14 / w3m

Package

Name
w3m
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/w3m?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.5.3-36

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-6198.json"