CVE-2017-1000211

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-1000211
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-11-17 15:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 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

Primary CVSS: v3.0 5.3 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-416 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary5.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Lynx Project Lynx 2.8.9 dev15 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
snapshot of project "lynx", label v2-8-9dev_15b · ThomasDickey/lynx-snapshots@280a61b · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
lynx for LYNX af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lynx.invisible-island.net Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Lynx 'HTML.c:HTML_put_string()' Function Use After Free Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 1175-1] lynx-cur security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org
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