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CVE-2010-2810

Published: Aug 20, 2010Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-119
NVD MITRE
6.8CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
3.7%
Top 11.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the convert_to_idna function in WWW/Library/Implementation/HTParse.c in Lynx 2.8.8dev.1 through 2.8.8dev.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed URL containing a % (percent) character in the domain name.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

n/an/a
lynxlynx
Mixed
Consumer Software / browser
lynxoss-projectConsumer Softwareaka lynx

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61007
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128152412221677&w=2
marc.info
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2042
vupen.com
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Timeline

Published
Aug 20, 2010
Last Updated
Apr 29, 2026

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