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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 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.

Published

2004-10-18T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-20
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application university_of_kansas lynx 2.7 Yes
Application university_of_kansas lynx 2.8 Yes
Application university_of_kansas lynx 2.8.1 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_dev22 Yes
Application university_of_kansas lynx 2.8.3_pre5 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 Yes
Application university_of_kansas lynx 2.8.5_dev2 Yes
Application university_of_kansas lynx 2.8.5_dev3 Yes
Application university_of_kansas lynx 2.8.5_dev4 Yes
Application university_of_kansas lynx 2.8.5_dev5 Yes
Application university_of_kansas lynx 2.8.5_dev8 Yes
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