CVE-2010-2810
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 3.7%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 3.7% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-2814)
- Published
- August 20, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-2814 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- lynx / lynx
- lynx / lynx
- lynx / lynx
- lynx / lynx
References
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128151768510564&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128152412221677&w=2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1642-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2042(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lynx-cur/+bug/613254
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61007
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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