CVE-2005-3120

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 23.26%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2005-10-17 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE

CVE-2005-3120

Severity

CRITICAL

CVSS

9.8

EPSS

23.26%

Original NVD 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.