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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.75% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-02-20 05:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 01:00Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-02-20
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 911419d1135de8d121c00ba9ada92b6d9745b0e01401f8030a1774f017cd8381
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com11443http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11443
- marc.info20041018 Web browsers - a mini-farcehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109811406620511&w=2
- www.debian.orgDSA-1077http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1077
- securitytracker.com1011809http://securitytracker.com/id?1011809
- www.securityfocus.com20060602 Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 1085-1] New lynx-cur packages fix several vulnerabilitieshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435689/30/4740/threaded
- www.debian.orgDSA-1076http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1076
- www.debian.orgDSA-1085http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1085
- lists.grok.org.uk20041018 Web browsers - a mini-farcehttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-October/027709.html
- lcamtuf.coredump.cxhttp://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/mangleme/gallery/
- secunia.com20383http://secunia.com/advisories/20383
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comlynx-dos(17804)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17804
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- lynx Fixed in 2.8.5-2sarge1.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- lynx Fixed in 2.8.5-2sarge1.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- lynx Fixed in 2.8.5-2sarge1.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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