CVE-2008-7224 (GCVE-0-2008-7224)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-09-14 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:56
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
4 references
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| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=380347 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/elinks-user… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://osvdb.org/41949 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB |
Date Public
2008-02-04 00:00
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