CVE-2010-2810

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-2810
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-08-20 18:00:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in the convert_to_idna function in WWW/Library/Implementation/HTParse.c in Lynx 2.8.8dev.1 through 2.8.8dev.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed URL containing a % (percent) character in the domain name.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Lynx Lynx 2.8.8 dev.1 All All
Application Lynx Lynx 2.8.8 dev.2 All All
Application Lynx Lynx 2.8.8 dev.3 All All
Application Lynx Lynx 2.8.8 dev.4 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
USN-1642-1: Lynx vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
'Re: [oss-security] CVE request: Lynx' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
'[oss-security] CVE request: Lynx' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Bug #613254 “Heap overflow when parsing malformed URLs” : Bugs : “lynx-cur” package : Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
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