CVE-2008-7224 (GCVE-0-2008-7224)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-09-14 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:56
VLAI?
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
Date Public ?
2008-02-04 00:00
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