CVE-2004-1617 (GCVE-0-2004-1617)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-02-20 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 01:00
VLAI
Summary
Lynx, lynx-ssl, and lynx-cur before 2.8.6dev.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a web page or HTML email that contains invalid HTML including (1) a TEXTAREA tag with a large COLS value and (2) a large tag name in an element that is not terminated, as demonstrated by mangleme. NOTE: a followup suggests that the relevant trigger for this issue is the large COLS value.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11443 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109811406620511&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1077 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://securitytracker.com/id?1011809 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435689/30/… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1076 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1085 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosur… mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/mangleme/gallery/ x_refsource_MISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/20383 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2004-10-18 00:00
Show details on NVD website
To clipboard 

{
  "containers": {
    "adp": [
      {
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2024-08-08T01:00:36.960Z",
          "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "shortName": "CVE"
        },
        "references": [
          {
            "name": "11443",
            "tags": [
              "vdb-entry",
              "x_refsource_BID",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11443"
          },
          {
            "name": "20041018 Web browsers - a mini-farce",
            "tags": [
              "mailing-list",
              "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq\u0026m=109811406620511\u0026w=2"
          },
          {
            "name": "DSA-1077",
            "tags": [
              "vendor-advisory",
              "x_refsource_DEBIAN",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1077"
          },
          {
            "name": "1011809",
            "tags": [
              "vdb-entry",
              "x_refsource_SECTRACK",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://securitytracker.com/id?1011809"
          },
          {
            "name": "20060602 Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 1085-1] New lynx-cur packages fix several vulnerabilities",
            "tags": [
              "mailing-list",
              "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435689/30/4740/threaded"
          },
          {
            "name": "DSA-1076",
            "tags": [
              "vendor-advisory",
              "x_refsource_DEBIAN",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1076"
          },
          {
            "name": "DSA-1085",
            "tags": [
              "vendor-advisory",
              "x_refsource_DEBIAN",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1085"
          },
          {
            "name": "20041018 Web browsers - a mini-farce",
            "tags": [
              "mailing-list",
              "x_refsource_FULLDISC",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-October/027709.html"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_refsource_MISC",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/mangleme/gallery/"
          },
          {
            "name": "20383",
            "tags": [
              "third-party-advisory",
              "x_refsource_SECUNIA",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/20383"
          },
          {
            "name": "lynx-dos(17804)",
            "tags": [
              "vdb-entry",
              "x_refsource_XF",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17804"
          }
        ],
        "title": "CVE Program Container"
      }
    ],
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "product": "n/a",
          "vendor": "n/a",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "n/a"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "datePublic": "2004-10-18T00:00:00.000Z",
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "Lynx, lynx-ssl, and lynx-cur before 2.8.6dev.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a web page or HTML email that contains invalid HTML including (1) a TEXTAREA tag with a large COLS value and (2) a large tag name in an element that is not terminated, as demonstrated by mangleme.  NOTE: a followup suggests that the relevant trigger for this issue is the large COLS value."
        }
      ],
      "problemTypes": [
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "description": "n/a",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "text"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2018-10-19T14:57:01.000Z",
        "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
        "shortName": "mitre"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "name": "11443",
          "tags": [
            "vdb-entry",
            "x_refsource_BID"
          ],
          "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11443"
        },
        {
          "name": "20041018 Web browsers - a mini-farce",
          "tags": [
            "mailing-list",
            "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ"
          ],
          "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq\u0026m=109811406620511\u0026w=2"
        },
        {
          "name": "DSA-1077",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory",
            "x_refsource_DEBIAN"
          ],
          "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1077"
        },
        {
          "name": "1011809",
          "tags": [
            "vdb-entry",
            "x_refsource_SECTRACK"
          ],
          "url": "http://securitytracker.com/id?1011809"
        },
        {
          "name": "20060602 Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 1085-1] New lynx-cur packages fix several vulnerabilities",
          "tags": [
            "mailing-list",
            "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ"
          ],
          "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435689/30/4740/threaded"
        },
        {
          "name": "DSA-1076",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory",
            "x_refsource_DEBIAN"
          ],
          "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1076"
        },
        {
          "name": "DSA-1085",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory",
            "x_refsource_DEBIAN"
          ],
          "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1085"
        },
        {
          "name": "20041018 Web browsers - a mini-farce",
          "tags": [
            "mailing-list",
            "x_refsource_FULLDISC"
          ],
          "url": "http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-October/027709.html"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_MISC"
          ],
          "url": "http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/mangleme/gallery/"
        },
        {
          "name": "20383",
          "tags": [
            "third-party-advisory",
            "x_refsource_SECUNIA"
          ],
          "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/20383"
        },
        {
          "name": "lynx-dos(17804)",
          "tags": [
            "vdb-entry",
            "x_refsource_XF"
          ],
          "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17804"
        }
      ],
      "x_legacyV4Record": {
        "CVE_data_meta": {
          "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org",
          "ID": "CVE-2004-1617",
          "STATE": "PUBLIC"
        },
        "affects": {
          "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
              {
                "product": {
                  "product_data": [
                    {
                      "product_name": "n/a",
                      "version": {
                        "version_data": [
                          {
                            "version_value": "n/a"
                          }
                        ]
                      }
                    }
                  ]
                },
                "vendor_name": "n/a"
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        "data_format": "MITRE",
        "data_type": "CVE",
        "data_version": "4.0",
        "description": {
          "description_data": [
            {
              "lang": "eng",
              "value": "Lynx, lynx-ssl, and lynx-cur before 2.8.6dev.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a web page or HTML email that contains invalid HTML including (1) a TEXTAREA tag with a large COLS value and (2) a large tag name in an element that is not terminated, as demonstrated by mangleme.  NOTE: a followup suggests that the relevant trigger for this issue is the large COLS value."
            }
          ]
        },
        "problemtype": {
          "problemtype_data": [
            {
              "description": [
                {
                  "lang": "eng",
                  "value": "n/a"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        "references": {
          "reference_data": [
            {
              "name": "11443",
              "refsource": "BID",
              "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11443"
            },
            {
              "name": "20041018 Web browsers - a mini-farce",
              "refsource": "BUGTRAQ",
              "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq\u0026m=109811406620511\u0026w=2"
            },
            {
              "name": "DSA-1077",
              "refsource": "DEBIAN",
              "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1077"
            },
            {
              "name": "1011809",
              "refsource": "SECTRACK",
              "url": "http://securitytracker.com/id?1011809"
            },
            {
              "name": "20060602 Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 1085-1] New lynx-cur packages fix several vulnerabilities",
              "refsource": "BUGTRAQ",
              "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435689/30/4740/threaded"
            },
            {
              "name": "DSA-1076",
              "refsource": "DEBIAN",
              "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1076"
            },
            {
              "name": "DSA-1085",
              "refsource": "DEBIAN",
              "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1085"
            },
            {
              "name": "20041018 Web browsers - a mini-farce",
              "refsource": "FULLDISC",
              "url": "http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-October/027709.html"
            },
            {
              "name": "http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/mangleme/gallery/",
              "refsource": "MISC",
              "url": "http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/mangleme/gallery/"
            },
            {
              "name": "20383",
              "refsource": "SECUNIA",
              "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/20383"
            },
            {
              "name": "lynx-dos(17804)",
              "refsource": "XF",
              "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17804"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
    "assignerShortName": "mitre",
    "cveId": "CVE-2004-1617",
    "datePublished": "2005-02-20T05:00:00.000Z",
    "dateReserved": "2005-02-20T00:00:00.000Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2024-08-08T01:00:36.960Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.1",
  "vulnerability-lookup:meta": {
    "epss": {
      "cve": "CVE-2004-1617",
      "date": "2026-10-01",
      "epss": "0.03752",
      "percentile": "0.89532"
    },
    "fkie_nvd": {
      "configurations": [
        {
          "nodes": [
            {
              "cpeMatch": [
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "matchCriteriaId": "E01953FC-9DA9-4C14-9989-6A81AA2B42E8",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "matchCriteriaId": "08198583-325B-42B7-8856-14C864838AE7",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "matchCriteriaId": "634EEA7F-6A30-4044-80EC-68119306B350",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.2_rel1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "matchCriteriaId": "A0387441-C971-487A-8379-1F2B91CD6EC9",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "matchCriteriaId": "2DA626DE-D9B2-4764-80AA-7D4F499184F4",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.3_dev22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "matchCriteriaId": "FD071013-25ED-4898-B603-2D3C97059357",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.3_pre5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "matchCriteriaId": "8DB0DABE-3798-466D-9C2E-AC9CB38AA75F",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.3_rel1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "matchCriteriaId": "D7680912-C6C7-44BD-AD1B-0828E4F03482",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "matchCriteriaId": "6033263D-6B30-4002-B9F5-4062FD09B815",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.4_rel1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "matchCriteriaId": "DCD15F97-2B1A-4C28-B5BC-6B6A6E389831",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "matchCriteriaId": "CBA62F01-C6E9-4A3D-806A-AED37BF452C0",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.5_dev2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "matchCriteriaId": "83165BE0-829E-4CAC-A68B-6578F925EB3C",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.5_dev3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "matchCriteriaId": "69027905-81EC-4778-A1C9-3F848618EDD8",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.5_dev4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "matchCriteriaId": "0801AD2E-7EE0-45F2-9BC1-028E38EA93F1",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.5_dev5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "matchCriteriaId": "2E19D9AA-BE49-497E-807E-B020463BF8FD",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.5_dev8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "matchCriteriaId": "79AB7C16-A5E4-4D7F-B879-5E13917449C3",
                  "vulnerable": true
                }
              ],
              "negate": false,
              "operator": "OR"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "Lynx, lynx-ssl, and lynx-cur before 2.8.6dev.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a web page or HTML email that contains invalid HTML including (1) a TEXTAREA tag with a large COLS value and (2) a large tag name in an element that is not terminated, as demonstrated by mangleme.  NOTE: a followup suggests that the relevant trigger for this issue is the large COLS value."
        }
      ],
      "id": "CVE-2004-1617",
      "lastModified": "2024-11-20T23:51:20.063",
      "metrics": {
        "cvssMetricV2": [
          {
            "acInsufInfo": false,
            "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
            "cvssData": {
              "accessComplexity": "LOW",
              "accessVector": "NETWORK",
              "authentication": "NONE",
              "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL",
              "baseScore": 5.0,
              "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
              "integrityImpact": "NONE",
              "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
              "version": "2.0"
            },
            "exploitabilityScore": 10.0,
            "impactScore": 2.9,
            "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
            "obtainOtherPrivilege": false,
            "obtainUserPrivilege": false,
            "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
            "type": "Primary",
            "userInteractionRequired": false
          }
        ]
      },
      "published": "2004-10-18T04:00:00.000",
      "references": [
        {
          "source": "cve@mitre.org",
          "tags": [
            "Vendor Advisory"
          ],
          "url": "http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/mangleme/gallery/"
        },
        {
          "source": "cve@mitre.org",
          "tags": [
            "Vendor Advisory"
          ],
          "url": "http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-October/027709.html"
        },
        {
          "source": "cve@mitre.org",
          "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq\u0026m=109811406620511\u0026w=2"
        },
        {
          "source": "cve@mitre.org",
          "tags": [
            "Vendor Advisory"
          ],
          "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/20383"
        },
        {
          "source": "cve@mitre.org",
          "url": "http://securitytracker.com/id?1011809"
        },
        {
          "source": "cve@mitre.org",
          "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1076"
        },
        {
          "source": "cve@mitre.org",
          "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1077"
        },
        {
          "source": "cve@mitre.org",
          "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1085"
        },
        {
          "source": "cve@mitre.org",
          "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435689/30/4740/threaded"
        },
        {
          "source": "cve@mitre.org",
          "tags": [
            "Exploit",
            "Vendor Advisory"
          ],
          "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11443"
        },
        {
          "source": "cve@mitre.org",
          "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17804"
        },
        {
          "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "tags": [
            "Vendor Advisory"
          ],
          "url": "http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/mangleme/gallery/"
        },
        {
          "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "tags": [
            "Vendor Advisory"
          ],
          "url": "http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-October/027709.html"
        },
        {
          "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq\u0026m=109811406620511\u0026w=2"
        },
        {
          "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "tags": [
            "Vendor Advisory"
          ],
          "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/20383"
        },
        {
          "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "url": "http://securitytracker.com/id?1011809"
        },
        {
          "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1076"
        },
        {
          "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1077"
        },
        {
          "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1085"
        },
        {
          "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435689/30/4740/threaded"
        },
        {
          "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "tags": [
            "Exploit",
            "Vendor Advisory"
          ],
          "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11443"
        },
        {
          "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17804"
        }
      ],
      "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
      "vulnStatus": "Modified",
      "weaknesses": [
        {
          "description": [
            {
              "lang": "en",
              "value": "CWE-20"
            }
          ],
          "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
          "type": "Primary"
        }
      ]
    },
    "nvd": {
      "cve": {
        "configurations": [
          {
            "nodes": [
              {
                "cpeMatch": [
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "E01953FC-9DA9-4C14-9989-6A81AA2B42E8",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "08198583-325B-42B7-8856-14C864838AE7",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "634EEA7F-6A30-4044-80EC-68119306B350",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.2_rel1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "A0387441-C971-487A-8379-1F2B91CD6EC9",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "2DA626DE-D9B2-4764-80AA-7D4F499184F4",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.3_dev22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "FD071013-25ED-4898-B603-2D3C97059357",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.3_pre5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "8DB0DABE-3798-466D-9C2E-AC9CB38AA75F",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.3_rel1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "D7680912-C6C7-44BD-AD1B-0828E4F03482",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "6033263D-6B30-4002-B9F5-4062FD09B815",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.4_rel1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "DCD15F97-2B1A-4C28-B5BC-6B6A6E389831",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "CBA62F01-C6E9-4A3D-806A-AED37BF452C0",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.5_dev2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "83165BE0-829E-4CAC-A68B-6578F925EB3C",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.5_dev3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "69027905-81EC-4778-A1C9-3F848618EDD8",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.5_dev4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "0801AD2E-7EE0-45F2-9BC1-028E38EA93F1",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.5_dev5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "2E19D9AA-BE49-497E-807E-B020463BF8FD",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.5_dev8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "79AB7C16-A5E4-4D7F-B879-5E13917449C3",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  }
                ],
                "negate": false,
                "operator": "OR"
              }
            ]
          }
        ],
        "cveTags": [],
        "descriptions": [
          {
            "lang": "en",
            "value": "Lynx, lynx-ssl, and lynx-cur before 2.8.6dev.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a web page or HTML email that contains invalid HTML including (1) a TEXTAREA tag with a large COLS value and (2) a large tag name in an element that is not terminated, as demonstrated by mangleme.  NOTE: a followup suggests that the relevant trigger for this issue is the large COLS value."
          }
        ],
        "id": "CVE-2004-1617",
        "lastModified": "2026-04-16T00:27:16.627",
        "metrics": {
          "cvssMetricV2": [
            {
              "acInsufInfo": false,
              "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
              "cvssData": {
                "accessComplexity": "LOW",
                "accessVector": "NETWORK",
                "authentication": "NONE",
                "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL",
                "baseScore": 5.0,
                "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
                "integrityImpact": "NONE",
                "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
                "version": "2.0"
              },
              "exploitabilityScore": 10.0,
              "impactScore": 2.9,
              "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
              "obtainOtherPrivilege": false,
              "obtainUserPrivilege": false,
              "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
              "type": "Primary",
              "userInteractionRequired": false
            }
          ]
        },
        "published": "2004-10-18T04:00:00.000",
        "references": [
          {
            "source": "cve@mitre.org",
            "tags": [
              "Vendor Advisory"
            ],
            "url": "http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/mangleme/gallery/"
          },
          {
            "source": "cve@mitre.org",
            "tags": [
              "Vendor Advisory"
            ],
            "url": "http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-October/027709.html"
          },
          {
            "source": "cve@mitre.org",
            "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq\u0026m=109811406620511\u0026w=2"
          },
          {
            "source": "cve@mitre.org",
            "tags": [
              "Vendor Advisory"
            ],
            "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/20383"
          },
          {
            "source": "cve@mitre.org",
            "url": "http://securitytracker.com/id?1011809"
          },
          {
            "source": "cve@mitre.org",
            "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1076"
          },
          {
            "source": "cve@mitre.org",
            "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1077"
          },
          {
            "source": "cve@mitre.org",
            "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1085"
          },
          {
            "source": "cve@mitre.org",
            "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435689/30/4740/threaded"
          },
          {
            "source": "cve@mitre.org",
            "tags": [
              "Exploit",
              "Vendor Advisory"
            ],
            "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11443"
          },
          {
            "source": "cve@mitre.org",
            "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17804"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "tags": [
              "Vendor Advisory"
            ],
            "url": "http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/mangleme/gallery/"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "tags": [
              "Vendor Advisory"
            ],
            "url": "http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-October/027709.html"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq\u0026m=109811406620511\u0026w=2"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "tags": [
              "Vendor Advisory"
            ],
            "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/20383"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "url": "http://securitytracker.com/id?1011809"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1076"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1077"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1085"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435689/30/4740/threaded"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "tags": [
              "Exploit",
              "Vendor Advisory"
            ],
            "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11443"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17804"
          }
        ],
        "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
        "vulnStatus": "Modified",
        "weaknesses": [
          {
            "description": [
              {
                "lang": "en",
                "value": "CWE-20"
              }
            ],
            "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
            "type": "Primary"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "suse_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2023-02-15T06:19:37Z",
      "cve": "CVE-2004-1617",
      "id": "CVE-2004-1617",
      "initial_release_date": "2023-02-15T06:19:37Z",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2004-1617",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2004-1617.json",
      "version": "2"
    }
  }
}



Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.





Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

Author Source Type Date Other

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.



Related by attack behaviour

Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.