CVE-2008-7224

Published: Sep 14, 2009Modified: Apr 23, 2026

7.8

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 6.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (4)

Products: Elinks: Elinks

1 product

Configuration A

4 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Elinks Elinks	Up to 0.11.3
Elinks Elinks	Version 0.11.1-1
Elinks Elinks	Version 0.11.1
Elinks Elinks	Version 0.11.2

Related CWEs

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (8)

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=380347

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/elinks-users/2008-February/001604.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://osvdb.org/41949

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10126

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=380347

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit

http://linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/elinks-users/2008-February/001604.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://osvdb.org/41949

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10126

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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