CVE-2004-1617

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    CVE-2004-1617

    Published: 18 Oct 2004Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Lynx, lynx-ssl, and lynx-cur before 2.8.6dev.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a web page or HTML email that contains invalid HTML including (1) a TEXTAREA tag with a large COLS value and (2) a large tag name in an element that is not terminated, as demonstrated by mangleme. NOTE: a followup suggests that the relevant trigger for this issue is the large COLS value.

    References: http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/mangleme/gallery/, http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-October/027709.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/20383, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1076, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1077, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1085, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11443, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11443, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109811406620511&w=2, http://securitytracker.com/id?1011809, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435689/30/4740/threaded, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17804

    Affected packages

    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