7.6

CVE-2000-0209: university_of_kansas lynx

Modified
Published 10-04-2000Last modified 08-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2000-0209 is a high (CVSS 7.6) vulnerability in university_of_kansas lynx. EPSS estimates a 2.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.6, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.6/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.08%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 10-04-2000
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow in Lynx 2.x allows remote attackers to crash Lynx and possibly execute commands via a long URL in a malicious web page.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.08%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

82%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 2.08% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

University_of_kansas1 product
  • lynx2.7 | 2.8 | 2.8.3_dev22

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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