VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2005-3120

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability23.26%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2005-10-17
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-131: Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size

Primary references