CVE-2010-2810

Medium

Description

Heap-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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLynx
PublishedAug 20, 2010
First seenAug 20, 2010

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
lynx lynx2.8.8—

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