CVE-2005-3120
Published Oct 17, 2005
Last updated 9 months ago
Overview
- Description
- Stack-based buffer overflow in the HTrjis function in Lynx 2.8.6 and earlier allows remote NNTP servers to execute arbitrary code via certain article headers containing Asian characters that cause Lynx to add extra escape (ESC) characters.
- Source
- security@debian.org
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 9.8
- Impact score
- 5.9
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- CRITICAL
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.5
- Impact score
- 6.4
- Exploitability score
- 10
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-131
Vendor comments
- Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:lynx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "678A8E2F-E386-4534-85A0-DEDC96407237",
"versionEndIncluding": "2.8.6"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
},
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "2CAE037F-111C-4A76-8FFE-716B74D65EF3"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "A2E0C1F8-31F5-4F61-9DF7-E49B43D3C873"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]