CVE catalog

CVE-2004-1617

lynx: CVE-2004-1617

Severity: Medium
Published: Oct 18, 2004, 4:00:00 AM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 3.75% · Oct 25, 2026

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.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	lynx	sid	`2.9.3-2`	fixed
Debian	lynx	forky	`2.9.3-2`	fixed
Debian	lynx	trixie	`2.9.2-1`	fixed
Debian	lynx	bookworm	`2.9.0dev.12-1`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	lynx	source	sid	`2.8.5-2sarge1.2`	low	Not reported	[296340]
Debian	lynx	source	forky	`2.8.5-2sarge1.2`	low	Not reported	[296340]
Debian	lynx	source	trixie	`2.8.5-2sarge1.2`	low	Not reported	[296340]
Debian	lynx	source	bookworm	`2.8.5-2sarge1.2`	low	Not reported	[296340]

[Debian bug #296340]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[lynx]Fixed
Details (2)
- 2.9.0dev.12-1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 2.8.5-2sarge1.2
  dsa · lynx · debian · bookworm; dsa · lynx · debian · 12
- 2.9.0dev.12-1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 2.8.5-2sarge1.2
  dsa · lynx · debian · bookworm; dsa · lynx · debian · 12
[lynx-common]Fixed
Source package: [lynx]
Details (2)
- 2.9.0dev.12-1 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 2.8.5-2sarge1.2
  dsa · lynx · debian · bookworm; dsa · lynx · debian · 12
- 2.9.0dev.12-1 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 2.8.5-2sarge1.2
  dsa · lynx · debian · bookworm; dsa · lynx · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[lynx]Fixed
Source package: [lynx]
Details (2)
- 2.9.2-1 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 2.8.5-2sarge1.2
  dsa · lynx · debian · 13
- 2.9.2-1+b1 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 2.8.5-2sarge1.2
  dsa · lynx · debian · 13
[lynx-common]Fixed
Source package: [lynx]
Details (2)
- 2.9.2-1 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 2.8.5-2sarge1.2
  dsa · lynx · debian · 13
- 2.9.2-1 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 2.8.5-2sarge1.2
  dsa · lynx · debian · 13

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:02:31 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database]