lynx: It was found that Lynx doesn't parse the authority component of the URL correctly when the host name part ends with '?', and could instead be tricked into connecting to a different host.
Vendor
lynx vulnerabilities
5 published CVES affecting lynx, from public sources (CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, OSV).
- Total
- 5
- Critical
- 0
- High
- 2
- Medium
- 3
- Low
- 0
- Unscored
- 0
- CISA KEV
- 0
Products
Latest lynx CVEs
Newest publication first
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HighCVSS 7.5 EPSS 2.0%
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MediumCVSS 5.9 EPSS 0.81%
Lynx does not verify that the server's certificate is signed by a trusted certification authority, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via a crafted certificate, related to improper use of a certain GnuTLS function.
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MediumCVSS 6.8 EPSS 3.7%
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 %...
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MediumCVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.88%
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Lynx before 2.8.6rel.4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via malicious (1) .mailcap and (2) mime.types files in the current working directory.
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HighCVSS 10.0 EPSS 5.1%
lynx 2.8.6dev.15 and earlier, when advanced mode is enabled and lynx is configured as a URL handler, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted lynxcgi: URL, a related issue to CVE-2005-2929. NOTE: this might only be a vulnerability in limited deployments...
Sources: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, OSV and public exploit-reference metadata. Product matching comes from the published CVE records. A proof-of-concept means public code exists; it is not evidence of exploitation.