FKIE_CVE-2004-1617

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2004-10-18 04:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:08
Severity
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/mangleme/gallery/Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-October/027709.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109811406620511&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/20383Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1011809
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1076
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1077
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1085
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435689/30/4740/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11443Exploit, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17804
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/mangleme/gallery/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-October/027709.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109811406620511&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/20383Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1011809
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1076
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1077
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1085
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435689/30/4740/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11443Exploit, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17804

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      "source": "cve@mitre.org"
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      "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": "2026-06-16T22:08:03.317",
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          "accessVector": "NETWORK",
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          "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"
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}



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