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Bugtraq archives for 1st quarter (Jan-Mar) 1999: Lynx 2.8 overflow

Lynx 2.8 overflow

Mixter (mixterHOME.POPMAIL.COM)
Tue, 16 Mar 1999 00:26:31 +0100 

Sorry if this is a well-known bug

This was tested with Lynx Version 2.8.1pre.9.
An IMG tag with a width of about 250 chars instantly crashes
this version (and probably others). This bug is not
limited to lynx, it was first discovered with MSIE 4/5.

As far as I know, the overflow is due to a limited and
non-checked buffer in function strrchr() ...

Here is some sample code:
<img width=000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001>
FAILED<br><br>

Mixter

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