Aggregates CVE and security vulnerability intelligence across all lynx_project-related products, including CVSS, EPSS, publication dates, and vulnerability intelligence data.
Historical issues mainly involve vendor risk memory corruption and related problems; some flaws may lead to vendor impact memory corruption, affecting vendor surface software deployment scenarios.
| CVE | Summary | Source | Max CVSS | EPSS % | Published | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2021-38165 | Lynx through 2.8.9 mishandles the userinfo subcomponent of a URI, which allows remote attackers to discover cleartext credentials because they may appear in SNI data. | [email protected] | 5.3 | 4.28% | 2021-08-07 | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2014-5002 | The lynx gem before 1.0.0 for Ruby places the configured password on command lines, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing processes. | [email protected] | 7.8 | 0.08% | 2018-01-10 | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2017-1000211 | Lynx before 2.8.9dev.16 is vulnerable to a use after free in the HTML parser resulting in memory disclosure, because HTML_put_string() can append a chunk onto itself. | [email protected] | 5.3 | 0.21% | 2017-11-17 | 2026-05-13 |
| CVE-1999-1549 | Lynx 2.x does not properly distinguish between internal and external HTML, which may allow a local attacker to read a "secure" hidden form value from a temporary file and craft a LYNXOPTIONS: URL that causes Lynx to modify the user's configuration file and execute commands. | [email protected] | 7.8 | 0.24% | 1999-11-16 | 2026-04-16 |