CVE-2004-1617

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2004-10-18 CVE Published
2005-02-20 CVE Reserved
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
2024-08-08 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

CAPEC

References (11)

URL	Tag	Source
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109811406620511&w=2	Mailing List
http://securitytracker.com/id?1011809	Vdb Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435689/30/4740/threaded	Mailing List
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17804	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11443	2024-08-08

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/mangleme/gallery	2018-10-19
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-October/027709.html	2018-10-19
http://secunia.com/advisories/20383	2018-10-19
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1076	2018-10-19
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1077	2018-10-19
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1085	2018-10-19

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
University Of Kansas Search vendor "University Of Kansas"		Lynx Search vendor "University Of Kansas" for product "Lynx"				2.7 Search vendor "University Of Kansas" for product "Lynx" and version "2.7"		-		Affected
University Of Kansas Search vendor "University Of Kansas"		Lynx Search vendor "University Of Kansas" for product "Lynx"				2.8 Search vendor "University Of Kansas" for product "Lynx" and version "2.8"		-		Affected
University Of Kansas Search vendor "University Of Kansas"		Lynx Search vendor "University Of Kansas" for product "Lynx"				2.8.1 Search vendor "University Of Kansas" for product "Lynx" and version "2.8.1"		-		Affected
University Of Kansas Search vendor "University Of Kansas"		Lynx Search vendor "University Of Kansas" for product "Lynx"				2.8.2_rel1 Search vendor "University Of Kansas" for product "Lynx" and version "2.8.2_rel1"		-		Affected
University Of Kansas Search vendor "University Of Kansas"		Lynx Search vendor "University Of Kansas" for product "Lynx"				2.8.3 Search vendor "University Of Kansas" for product "Lynx" and version "2.8.3"		-		Affected
University Of Kansas Search vendor "University Of Kansas"		Lynx Search vendor "University Of Kansas" for product "Lynx"				2.8.3_dev22 Search vendor "University Of Kansas" for product "Lynx" and version "2.8.3_dev22"		-		Affected
University Of Kansas Search vendor "University Of Kansas"		Lynx Search vendor "University Of Kansas" for product "Lynx"				2.8.3_pre5 Search vendor "University Of Kansas" for product "Lynx" and version "2.8.3_pre5"		-		Affected
University Of Kansas Search vendor "University Of Kansas"		Lynx Search vendor "University Of Kansas" for product "Lynx"				2.8.3_rel1 Search vendor "University Of Kansas" for product "Lynx" and version "2.8.3_rel1"		-		Affected
University Of Kansas Search vendor "University Of Kansas"		Lynx Search vendor "University Of Kansas" for product "Lynx"				2.8.4 Search vendor "University Of Kansas" for product "Lynx" and version "2.8.4"		-		Affected
University Of Kansas Search vendor "University Of Kansas"		Lynx Search vendor "University Of Kansas" for product "Lynx"				2.8.4_rel1 Search vendor "University Of Kansas" for product "Lynx" and version "2.8.4_rel1"		-		Affected
University Of Kansas Search vendor "University Of Kansas"		Lynx Search vendor "University Of Kansas" for product "Lynx"				2.8.5 Search vendor "University Of Kansas" for product "Lynx" and version "2.8.5"		-		Affected
University Of Kansas Search vendor "University Of Kansas"		Lynx Search vendor "University Of Kansas" for product "Lynx"				2.8.5_dev2 Search vendor "University Of Kansas" for product "Lynx" and version "2.8.5_dev2"		-		Affected
University Of Kansas Search vendor "University Of Kansas"		Lynx Search vendor "University Of Kansas" for product "Lynx"				2.8.5_dev3 Search vendor "University Of Kansas" for product "Lynx" and version "2.8.5_dev3"		-		Affected
University Of Kansas Search vendor "University Of Kansas"		Lynx Search vendor "University Of Kansas" for product "Lynx"				2.8.5_dev4 Search vendor "University Of Kansas" for product "Lynx" and version "2.8.5_dev4"		-		Affected
University Of Kansas Search vendor "University Of Kansas"		Lynx Search vendor "University Of Kansas" for product "Lynx"				2.8.5_dev5 Search vendor "University Of Kansas" for product "Lynx" and version "2.8.5_dev5"		-		Affected
University Of Kansas Search vendor "University Of Kansas"		Lynx Search vendor "University Of Kansas" for product "Lynx"				2.8.5_dev8 Search vendor "University Of Kansas" for product "Lynx" and version "2.8.5_dev8"		-		Affected