{"id":"CVE-2010-2810","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2010-2810","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:38:58.236Z","title":"Heap-based buffer overflow in the convert_to_idna function in WWW/Library/Implementation/HTParse.c in Lynx 2.8.8dev.1 through 2.8.8dev.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a…","description":"Heap-based buffer overflow in the convert_to_idna function in WWW/Library/Implementation/HTParse.c in Lynx 2.8.8dev.1 through 2.8.8dev.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed URL containing a % (percent) character in the domain name.","published":"2010-08-20T18:00:02.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:21:33.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":6.8,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["lynx/lynx"],"epss":{"score":0.03663,"percentile":0.89563,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.66%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128151768510564&w=2","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128152412221677&w=2","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1642-1","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2042","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lynx-cur/+bug/613254","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61007","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128151768510564&w=2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128152412221677&w=2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1642-1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2042","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lynx-cur/+bug/613254","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61007","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2810","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}