CVE-2000-0209

High CVSS 7.6

Published 2000-02-27 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-0209, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

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.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-0209

CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C