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
Published Feb 20, 2005
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.75%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 2.7
- 2.8
- 2.8.1
- 2.8.2_rel1
- 2.8.3
- 2.8.3_dev22
- 2.8.3_pre5
- 2.8.3_rel1
- 2.8.4
- 2.8.4_rel1
- 2.8.5
- 2.8.5_dev2
- 2.8.5_dev3
- 2.8.5_dev4
- 2.8.5_dev5
- 2.8.5_dev8
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.75% (0.03752) | 89.53th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.75% (0.03752) | 88.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.67% (0.03666) | 87.10th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.68% (0.02677) | 90.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 28, 2024 | 2.68% (0.02677) | 89.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.45% (0.03454) | 90.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (11)
- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/mangleme/gallery/ x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-October/027709.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCVendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109811406620511&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20383 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1011809 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1076 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1077 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1085 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435689/30/4740/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11443 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17804 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/mangleme/gallery/ | x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory | |
| http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-October/027709.html | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCVendor Advisory | |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109811406620511&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/20383 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1011809 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1076 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1077 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1085 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435689/30/4740/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11443 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17804 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
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