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CVE-2002-1405

CRLF injection vulnerability in Lynx 2.8.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject false HTTP headers into an HTTP request that is provided on the command line, via a URL containing encoded carriage return, line feed, and other whitespace characters.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2002-1405 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 3 products from elinks, from links, from university_of_kansas organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Originally identified in 2003, this vulnerability predates many modern security frameworks and practices. The vulnerability landscape of that era was characterized by different threat models and less mature defense mechanisms compared to contemporary standards.

Published

2003-02-19T05:00:00.000

Last Modified

2026-06-16T21:59:16.067

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	elinks	elinks	0.2.4	Yes
Application	elinks	elinks	0.3.2	Yes
Application	links	links	0.96	Yes
Application	university_of_kansas	lynx	2.8.2_rel1	Yes
Application	university_of_kansas	lynx	2.8.3	Yes
Application	university_of_kansas	lynx	2.8.3_rel1	Yes
Application	university_of_kansas	lynx	2.8.4	Yes
Application	university_of_kansas	lynx	2.8.4_rel1	Yes
Application	university_of_kansas	lynx	2.8.5_dev8	Yes

References

ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-049.0.txt ([email protected])
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102978118411977&w=2 ([email protected])
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103003793418021&w=2 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-210 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9887.php Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:023 ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-029.html ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-030.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5499 ([email protected])
http://www.trustix.net/errata/misc/2002/TSL-2002-0085-lynx-ssl.asc.txt ([email protected])
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-049.0.txt (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102978118411977&w=2 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103003793418021&w=2 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-210 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9887.php Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:023 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-029.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-030.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5499 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.trustix.net/errata/misc/2002/TSL-2002-0085-lynx-ssl.asc.txt (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For elinks's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.