CVE-2017-1000211

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-1000211
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-11-17 15:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-02-04 02:29:00 UTC
DescriptionLynx 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Lynx Project Lynx 2.8.9 dev15 All All
Application Lynx Project Lynx 2.8.9 dev15 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
lynx for LYNX CONFIRM lynx.invisible-island.net Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
snapshot of project "lynx", label v2-8-9dev_15b · ThomasDickey/lynx-snapshots@280a61b · GitHub MISC github.com Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1175-1] lynx-cur security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Lynx 'HTML.c:HTML_put_string()' Function Use After Free Information Disclosure Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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