Package: w3m
Version: 0.5.1-5.1
Severity: important

On opening http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/mangleme/gallery/lynx_die1.html
(attached) w3m will start to allocate memory as fast as possible:
-------------------------------
GC Warning: Repeated allocation of very large block (appr. size 3039232):
        May lead to memory leak and poor performance.
GC Warning: Repeated allocation of very large block (appr. size 7557120):
        May lead to memory leak and poor performance.
GC Warning: Repeated allocation of very large block (appr. size 18800640):
        May lead to memory leak and poor performance.
GC Warning: Repeated allocation of very large block (appr. size 56135680):
        May lead to memory leak and poor performance.
GC Warning: Repeated allocation of very large block (appr. size 167612416):
        May lead to memory leak and poor performance.
GC Warning: Repeated allocation of very large block (appr. size 417071104):
        May lead to memory leak and poor performance.
GC Warning: Out of Memory!  Returning NIL!
Segmentation fault
-------------------------------

This also applies to 0.5.2-2+b1.

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/378632/2004-10-15/2004-10-21/0

cu andreas

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-amd64
Locale: LANG=de_AT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_AT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages w3m depends on:
ii  libc6                  2.3.6.ds1-13etch6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgc1c2               1:6.8-1           conservative garbage collector for
ii  libgpmg1               1.19.6-25         General Purpose Mouse - shared lib
ii  libncurses5            5.5-5             Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libssl0.9.8            0.9.8c-4etch3     SSL shared libraries
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3-13        compression library - runtime

Versions of packages w3m recommends:
ii  ca-certificates               20070303   Common CA Certificates PEM files



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