FKIE_CVE-2005-3120
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2005-10-17 20:06 - Updated: 2025-04-03 01:03
Severity ?
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in the HTrjis function in Lynx 2.8.6 and earlier allows remote NNTP servers to execute arbitrary code via certain article headers containing Asian characters that cause Lynx to add extra escape (ESC) characters.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| invisible-island | lynx | * | |
| debian | debian_linux | 3.0 | |
| debian | debian_linux | 3.1 |
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Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date |
|---|
Nomenclature
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