CVE-2002-1405
CRLF injection vulnerability in Lynx 2.8.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject false...
CRLF injection vulnerability in Lynx 2.8.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject false HTTP headers into an HTTP request that is provided on the command line, via a URL containing encoded carriage return, line feed, and other whitespace characters.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
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CRLF injection vulnerability in Lynx 2.8.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject false HTTP headers into an HTTP request that is provided on the command line, via a URL containing encoded carriage return, line feed, and other whitespace characters.
- Record
CVE-2002-1405- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
CRLF injection vulnerability in Lynx 2.8.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject false HTTP headers into an HTTP request that is provided on the command line, via a URL containing encoded carriage return, line feed, and other whitespace characters.
- Record
CVE-2002-1405- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2002-1388 No score
CRLF injection vulnerability in Lynx 2.8.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject false HTTP headers into an HTTP request that is provided on the command line, via a URL containing encoded carriage return, line feed, and other whitespace characters.
- Record
EUVD-2002-1388- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-27fc-4jc3-pjvm No score
CRLF injection vulnerability in Lynx 2.8.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject false...
CRLF injection vulnerability in Lynx 2.8.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject false HTTP headers into an HTTP request that is provided on the command line, via a URL containing encoded carriage return, line feed, and other whitespace characters.
- Record
GHSA-27fc-4jc3-pjvm- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
CRLF injection vulnerability in Lynx 2.8.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject false HTTP headers into an HTTP request that is provided on the command line, via a URL containing encoded carriage return, line feed, and other whitespace characters.
- Record
CVE-2002-1405- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2002-1405 No score
CRLF injection vulnerability in Lynx 2.8.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject false HTTP headers into an HTTP request that is provided on the command line, via a URL containing encoded carriage return, line feed, and other whitespace characters.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1405- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Lynx 2.8.x - Command Line URL CRLF Injection | 2002-08-19 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2002-1405 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in University Of Kansas Lynx, published December 13, 2002. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.04%, the 92nd percentile. Fixed in lynx 2.8.4.1b-4.