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Case File

CVE-2004-1617

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 3.75%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2004-10-18 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2004-1617
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
3.75%

Original Filing — NVD Description

Lynx, lynx-ssl, and lynx-cur before 2.8.6dev.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a web page or HTML email that contains invalid HTML including (1) a TEXTAREA tag with a large COLS value and (2) a large tag name in an element that is not terminated, as demonstrated by mangleme. NOTE: a followup suggests that the relevant trigger for this issue is the large COLS value.