UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000211

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000211

    Published: 17 Nov 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Aliases:
    USN-4800-1

    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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000211, https://github.com/ThomasDickey/lynx-snapshots/commit/280a61b300a1614f6037efc0902ff7ecf17146e9, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-1000211, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4800-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: lynx

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.8.9dev8-4ubuntu1+esm1

    Affected versions

    2.8.9dev8-4ubuntu1

    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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