CVE-2005-3120
Estado: ModificadaCrítica (9.8)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 9.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 23%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 98
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (2)
CWE
- CWE-131
Referencias
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.7/SCOSA-2006.7.txt
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.47/SCOSA-2005.47.txt
- 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
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17444
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17445
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17480
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18376
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18584
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20383
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015065
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.423056
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-010.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-874
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-876
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1085
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-15.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:186
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_25_sr.html
- http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2005.026-lynx.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-803.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419763/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435689/30/4740/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15117
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=170253
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9257
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/206-1/
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.7/SCOSA-2006.7.txt
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.47/SCOSA-2005.47.txt
- 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
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- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015065
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.423056
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-010.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-874
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-876
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1085
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-15.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:186
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- http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2005.026-lynx.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-803.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419763/100/0/threaded
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- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15117
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=170253
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9257
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/206-1/
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