debian · CVE-2005-3120

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Priority: high Published: Updated: Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:59:42 GMT

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Tracker summary

CVE-2005-3120 high priority: Debian including 1 source packages (lynx), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.

Description:

Stack-based buffer overflow in the HTrjis function in Lynx 2.8.6 and earlier allows remote NNTP servers to execute arbitrary code via certain article headers containing Asian characters that cause Lynx to add extra escape (ESC) characters.

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