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CVE-2010-2810

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-119 Buffer Errors
Publication date:
20/08/2010
Last modified:
11/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
6.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:lynx:lynx:2.8.8:dev.1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lynx:lynx:2.8.8:dev.2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lynx:lynx:2.8.8:dev.3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lynx:lynx:2.8.8:dev.4:*:*:*:*:*:*

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