CVE-1999-0817: University Of Kansas Lynx

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 3.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Lynx WWW client allows a remote attacker to specify command-line parameters which Lynx uses when calling external programs to handle certain protocols, e.g. telnet.

Affected products

• University Of Kansas Lynx: any version

Published 1999-09-15. Last modified 2026-06-16.