CVE-2005-3120: Debian Linux

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 23.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 3.0 only; version 3.1 only
• Invisible-Island Lynx: up to and including 2.8.6

Published 2005-10-17. Last modified 2026-06-16.