CVE-2010-2810

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 None
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2010-2810
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2010-08-20T18:00:02
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-08-17T01:32:49
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:lynx:lynx:2.8.8:dev.1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:lynx:lynx:2.8.8:dev.2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:lynx:lynx:2.8.8:dev.3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:lynx:lynx:2.8.8:dev.4:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128152412221677&w=2
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2042 Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lynx-cur/+bug/613254
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128151768510564&w=2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1642-1
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61007
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2810
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2810
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:56:40 Added to TrackCVE