Vulnerability CVE-2017-1000211
Published: 2017-11-17

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.

Type:

CWE-416

 (Use After Free)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Lynx project -> LYNX 

 References:
http://lynx.invisible-island.net/current/CHANGES.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102180
https://github.com/ThomasDickey/lynx-snapshots/commit/280a61b300a1614f6037efc0902ff7ecf17146e9
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00021.html
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