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.
Published: 2017-11-17
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1175-1 lynx-cur security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-1485 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4800-1 Lynx vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T21:53:07.390Z

Reserved: 2017-11-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-1000211

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-11-17T15:29:00.310

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-1000211

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-12-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-1000211 - Bugzilla

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