CVE-2005-3120

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3120
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2005-3120.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2005-3120
Downstream
Published
2005-10-17T20:06:00Z
Modified
2025-08-09T19:01:26Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages