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CVE-1999-0817

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1999-09-15 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Lynx WWW client allows a remote attacker to specify command-line parameters which Lynx uses when calling external programs to handle certain protocols, e.g. telnet.

Affected products

• University Of Kansas Lynx: all versions

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0817
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0817

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