Vulnerability CVE-2008-7224
Published: 2009-09-14   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Buffer overflow in entity_cache in ELinks before 0.11.4rc0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted link.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.8/10
6.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Complete
Affected software
Elinks -> Elinks 

 References:
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10126
http://osvdb.org/41949
http://linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/elinks-users/2008-February/001604.html
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=380347
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