CVE-2017-1000211

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    CVE-2017-1000211

    Published: 17 Nov 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102180, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00021.html, http://lynx.invisible-island.net/current/CHANGES.html, https://github.com/ThomasDickey/lynx-snapshots/commit/280a61b300a1614f6037efc0902ff7ecf17146e9

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- f3c226747c841f40c7a86c1dd07b478114dfcd6c
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.8.9-dev15

    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
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