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CVE-2005-3120 Details

Description

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.7/SCOSA-2006.7.txt CVEBroken Link
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.47/SCOSA-2005.47.txt CVEBroken Link
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-October/038019.html CVEBroken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
http://lists.trustix.org/pipermail/tsl-announce/2005-October/000354.html CVEBroken Link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=170253 CVEIssue Tracking

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-131Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
invisible-island lynx
<= 2.8.6

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:lynx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
3.0
3.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-3120
NVD Published Date:
Oct 17, 2005
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2005-3120 Details - Not Deferred