CVE-2000-0209 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in Lynx 2.x, allowing remote attackers to crash the browser and potentially execute arbitrary commands through a crafted, excessively long URL embedded in a malicious web page. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.6, indicating a network-based attack with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though requiring high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.8.3_dev22CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.3_dev22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.