CRITICAL
CAN-2005-3120 lynx buffer overflow
Published Oct 17, 2005
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.1
EPSS 23.26%
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the HTrjis function in Lynx 2.8.6 and earlier allows remote NNTP servers to execute arbitrary code via certain article headers containing Asian characters that cause Lynx to add extra escape (ESC) characters.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≤ 2.8.6
Configuration 2
OR
- 3.0
- 3.1
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
lynx-0:2.8.5-11.1
Fixed · RHSA-2005:803
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
lynx-0:2.8.5-18.1
Fixed · RHSA-2005:803
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | lynx-0:2.8.5-11.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:803 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | lynx-0:2.8.5-18.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:803 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
9.8 CRITICAL NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
23.26% 0.23257
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.23257
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 3, 2026 | 23.26% (0.23257) | 97.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 23.26% (0.23257) | 97.48th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 30.44% (0.30440) | 96.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 5.13% (0.05133) | 92.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 4.05% (0.04048) | 92.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 3, 2024 | 4.36% (0.04357) | 91.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.25% (0.02253) | 87.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 27.99% (0.27992) | 97.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 27.99% (0.27992) | 95.99th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (39)
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- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.47/SCOSA-2005.47.txt vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SCOBroken Link
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- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-010.htm x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-874 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-876 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1085 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-15.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:186 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAThird Party Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_25_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken Link
- http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2005.026-lynx.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENPKGBroken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-803.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATBroken LinkVendor Advisory
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-3120 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=170253 x_refsource_MISCIssue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=170253 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3120
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9257 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALBroken Link
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/206-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUBroken Link
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-3120
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner debian
Published Oct 17, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Oct 3, 2005
Link CVE-2005-3120
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a