CVE-2017-1000211
lynx-cur - security update
5.3
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.21%
Description
Lynx before 2.8.9dev.16 is vulnerable to a use after free in the HTML parser resulting in memory disclosure, because HTML_put_string() can append a chunk onto itself.
How to fix CVE-2017-1000211
To remediate CVE-2017-1000211, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/lynx—upgrade to 2.8.9dev16-1 or later
- —upgrade to 2.8.8dev.12-2+deb7u2 or later
Is CVE-2017-1000211 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.8.9dev16-1
- from 0, < 2.8.8dev.12-2+deb7u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |