CVE-2004-1617

Description

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.

Weakness classification

• CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references

• cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
• cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
• cve@mitre.org
• cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
• cve@mitre.org
• cve@mitre.org
• cve@mitre.org
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• cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Vendor Advisory
• cve@mitre.org
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory