CVE-2005-3120
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 17, 2005 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:16 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxLynx
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 23%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v ≤ 2.8.6
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.7/SCOSA-2006.7.txt
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.47/SCOSA-2005.47.txt
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-October/038019.html
- http://lists.trustix.org/pipermail/tsl-announce/2005-October/000354.html
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.423056
References (35)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SCOBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.7/SCOSA-2006.7.txtVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SCOBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.47/SCOSA-2005.47.txtMailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCBroken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-October/038019.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.trustix.org/pipermail/tsl-announce/2005-October/000354.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/17150Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/17216Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/17230Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/17231CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-131
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