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Heap-based buffer overflow in the convert_to_idna...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 27, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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 % (percent) character in the domain name.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 20, 2010
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Last updated Jan 27, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

4.959%
(93rd percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2010-2810

GHSA ID

GHSA-9h97-c3c6-r77v

Source code

No known source code

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