CVE-2010-2810

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.

Date published : 2010-08-20

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lynx-cur/+bug/613254

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128151768510564&w=2