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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 20, 2010· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2010-2810

CVE-2010-2810

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.

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Affected products

5
  • Lynx/Lynx5 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:lynx:lynx:2.8.8:dev.1:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:lynx:lynx:2.8.8:dev.1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:lynx:lynx:2.8.8:dev.2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:lynx:lynx:2.8.8:dev.3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:lynx:lynx:2.8.8:dev.4:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 2.8.8dev.1 through 2.8.8dev.4

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