Critical severity · published Oct 17, 2005
CVE-2005-3120
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…
9.8
CVSS
23.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)23.3% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
3.0; 3.1 · source: NVD
LY
Lynx · Invisible-island
through 2.8.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3120
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-3120
Broken Link
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-October/038019.html
Broken Link
http://lists.trustix.org/pipermail/tsl-announce/2005-October/000354.html
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/17150
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/17216
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