CVE-2017-1000211
N/A
Published: November 17, 2017 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:58 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLynx
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
Lynx 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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Lynx· Lynx Projectrubygems
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lynx.invisible-island.net/current/CHANGES.htmlx_refsource_MISCRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/ThomasDickey/lynx-snapshots/commit/280a61b300a1614f6037efc0902ff7ecf17146e9Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00021.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416
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