University Of Kansas: >> Lynx >> 2.8.3_dev22 Security Vulnerabilities
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 Score
5.0
EPSS Score
0.037
Published
2004-10-18
Buffer overflow in Lynx 2.x allows remote attackers to crash Lynx and possibly execute commands via a long URL in a malicious web page.
CVSS Score
7.6
EPSS Score
0.031
Published
2000-02-27