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CVE-2005-3120

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 23.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2005-10-17 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-131

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

• Debian Linux: 3.0, 3.1
• Invisible-Island Lynx: through 2.8.6

References

• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-October/038019.html
• http://lists.trustix.org/pipermail/tsl-announce/2005-October/000354.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17150
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17216
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17230
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17231
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17238
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17248
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17340
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17360

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