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high 7.8

CVE-2008-7224 json

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.

published 2009-09-14 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-7183

cvss
7.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.8%
EPSS 2.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

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.

Patch / fix

  • elinks Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.11.3-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2008-7224

  • elinks RHEL 4 0.9.2-4.el4_8.1
  • elinks RHEL 5 0.11.1-6.el5_4.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:1471

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-7224 updated cvss 6.8

elinks: entity_cache static array buffer overflow (off-by-one)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) elinks 0.11.1-6.el5_4.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 elinks 0.9.2-4.el4_8.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) elinks 0.11.1-6.el5_4.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 elinks 0.9.2-4.el4_8.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 elinks 0.9.2-4.el4_8.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 elinks 0.9.2-4.el4_8.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1471

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugs.debian.org http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=380347 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.8 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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