UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000211

See a problem?
Please try reporting it to the source first.
Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000211
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000211.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000211
Related
Published
2017-11-17T15:29:00Z
Modified
2025-05-26T16:37:53Z
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

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / lynx

Package

Name
lynx
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/lynx@2.8.9dev8-4ubuntu1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.8.9dev8-4ubuntu1+esm1

Affected versions

2.*

2.8.9dev8-4ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "lynx",
            "binary_version": "2.8.9dev8-4ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lynx-common",
            "binary_version": "2.8.9dev8-4ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lynx-cur",
            "binary_version": "2.8.9dev8-4ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lynx-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.8.9dev8-4ubuntu1+esm1"
        }
    ]
}