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CVE-2010-2810

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 3.66%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2010-08-20 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.8. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2010-2810
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.8
EPSS
3.66%

Original NVD Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the convert_to_idna function in WWW/Library/Implementation/HTParse.c in Lynx 2.8.8dev.1 through 2.8.8dev.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed URL containing a % (percent) character in the domain name.