CVE-2010-2810

Heap-based buffer overflow in the convert_to_idna function in WWW/Library/Implementation/HTParse.c in Lynx 2.8.8dev.1 through 2.8.8dev.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed URL containing a % (percent) character in the domain name.

Score

CVSS 2.0 6.8 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2010-08-20

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

• Lynx (Lynx)

References

• http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128151768510564&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128152412221677&w=2
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1642-1
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2042
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lynx-cur/+bug/613254
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61007