CVE-2004-1617
Lynx, lynx-ssl, and lynx-cur before 2.8.6dev.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a web page or HTML email that contains invalid HTML including (1) a TEXTAREA tag with a large COLS value and (2) a large tag name in…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.75%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Lynx, lynx-ssl, and lynx-cur before 2.8.6dev.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a web page or HTML email that contains invalid HTML including (1) a TEXTAREA tag with a large COLS value and (2) a large tag name in an element that is not terminated, as demonstrated by mangleme. NOTE: a followup suggests that the relevant trigger for this issue is the large COLS value.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.75% probability · 89th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- university of kansas/lynx
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/mangleme/gallery/Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-October/027709.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109811406620511&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20383Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1011809
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1076
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1077
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1085
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435689/30/4740/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11443Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17804
- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/mangleme/gallery/Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-October/027709.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109811406620511&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20383Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1011809
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1076
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1077
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1085
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435689/30/4740/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11443Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17804
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.