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CVE-2017-1000211 Details

Description

Lynx before 2.8.9dev.16 is vulnerable to a use after free in the HTML parser resulting in memory disclosure, because HTML_put_string() can append a chunk onto itself.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.3 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lynx.invisible-island.net/current/CHANGES.html CVERelease NotesVendor Advisory
https://github.com/ThomasDickey/lynx-snapshots/commit/280a61b300a1614f6037efc0902ff7ecf17146e9 CVERelease NotesThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00021.html CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102180 CVE
http://lynx.invisible-island.net/current/CHANGES.html [email protected]Release NotesVendor Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-416Use After Free[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
lynx project lynx
2.8.9 dev15

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:lynx_project:lynx:2.8.9:dev15:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-1000211
NVD Published Date:
Nov 17, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]