CVE-2004-1617

Public Exploit

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.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 3.67% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory coredump.cx Vendor Advisory org.uk Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11443 exploit vdb entry vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109811406620511&w=2 mailing list
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1077 vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1011809 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435689/30/4740/threaded mailing list
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1076 vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1085 vendor advisory
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-October/027709.html mailing list vendor advisory
http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/mangleme/gallery/ vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20383 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17804 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2004-1617?
CVE-2004-1617 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2004-1617?
To fix CVE-2004-1617, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2004-1617 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2004-1617 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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