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    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 characters that cause Lynx to add extra escape (ESC) characters.

    Published:Oct 17, 2005
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Oct 17, 2005
    EPSS Score:0.3044
    CVSS Score:9.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Invisible-island
    Product
    Lynx
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1256

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-100 Overflow Buffers
    CAPEC-47 Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion

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    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://secunia.com/advisories/17150
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17216
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17230
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17231
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17238
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17248
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17340
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17360
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17444
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17445
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17480
    http://secunia.com/advisories/18376
    http://secunia.com/advisories/18584
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20383
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1015065
    http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.423056
    http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-010.htm
    http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-874
    http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-876
    http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1085
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-15.xml
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:186
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_25_sr.html
    http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2005.026-lynx.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-803.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419763/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435689/30/4740/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15117
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=170253
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9257
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/206-1/
    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://secunia.com/advisories/17150
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17216
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17230
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17231
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17238
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17248
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17340
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17360
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17444
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17445
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17480
    http://secunia.com/advisories/18376
    http://secunia.com/advisories/18584
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20383
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1015065
    http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.423056
    http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-010.htm
    http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-874
    http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-876
    http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1085
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-15.xml
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:186
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_25_sr.html
    http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2005.026-lynx.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-803.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419763/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435689/30/4740/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15117
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=170253
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9257
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/206-1/

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High