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CVE-2000-0209

CVE information

Published

24 years ago

Last Modified

15 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

Description

Buffer overflow in Lynx 2.x allows remote attackers to crash Lynx and possibly execute commands via a long URL in a malicious web page..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
7.6/10
Exploit Score
4.9/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
10/10
Confidentiality Impact
Complete
Availability Impact
Complete
Integrity Impact
Complete

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.3_dev22:*:*:*:*:*:*:
  Yes
- -