DEBIAN-CVE-2017-1000211

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-1000211
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-1000211.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-1000211
Upstream
Published
2017-11-17T15:29:00.310Z
Modified
2025-11-14T04:01:20.694218Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Lynx before 2.8.9dev.16 is vulnerable to a use after free in the HTML parser resulting in memory disclosure, because HTMLputstring() can append a chunk onto itself.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / lynx

Package

Name
lynx
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/lynx?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.8.9dev16-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-1000211.json"

Debian:12 / lynx

Package

Name
lynx
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/lynx?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.8.9dev16-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-1000211.json"

Debian:13 / lynx

Package

Name
lynx
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/lynx?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.8.9dev16-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-1000211.json"

Debian:14 / lynx

Package

Name
lynx
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/lynx?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.8.9dev16-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-1000211.json"