{"action":"Upgrade w3m to 0.5.3-36 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"0.5.3-36","introduced":"0"}],"component":"w3m","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Debian","ecosystem_qualifier":"Debian:13","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["0.5.3-36"],"id":"tcs_01M5NDFR7TD00YVHSGZ8SC07Y1","modified_at":"2026-10-23T18:03:07.967241677Z","published_at":"2018-01-25T03:29:00.697Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-6198","https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-6198"],"severity":{"label":"medium","score":4.7},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2018-6198#Debian:13/w3m","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-6198"}],"summary":"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."}