CyberRota Analysis
This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. Its EPSS score suggests a 23.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable.
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.