CVE-2017-1000211 - CVE House

Status published Medium CVE-2017-1000211

Lynx before 2.8.9dev.16 is vulnerable to a use after free...

5.3 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

Lynx before 2.8.9dev.16 is vulnerable to a use after free in the HTML parser resulting in memory disclosure, because HTML_put_string() can append a chunk onto itself.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

lynx project

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Affected Software

lynx

Vulnerable Versions:

2.8.9

Timeline

Official Publish: November 17th, 2017

Last Modified: August 5th, 2024

Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.