CVE-2002-1405 describes a CRLF injection vulnerability in Lynx 2.8.4 and earlier, as well as related browsers like elinks and links. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject false HTTP headers into a command-line provided URL by using encoded carriage return and line feed characters. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires no authentication, potentially leading to partial integrity impact. While not listed on the KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-21722) exists, indicating public exploit code availability, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:elinks:elinks:0.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:elinks:elinks:0.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.96CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:links:links:0.96:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.8.2_rel1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.2_rel1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.8.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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