CVE-2008-7224

Exp

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 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-7224 is rated High Exploit Risk (72/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.82%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-7224

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-7224

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-02-03 0.93% 0.82% -0.10%
2 2025-03-30 0.62% 0.93% +0.31%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.62% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-7224

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-7224

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-7224

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2008-7224 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (elinks), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-7224
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-7224
ubuntu low CVE-2008-7224 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (elinks), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, upstream): not-affected 3, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-7224

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-7224

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
elinks elinks <= 0.11.3 cpe:2.3:a:elinks:elinks:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elinks elinks 0.11.1 cpe:2.3:a:elinks:elinks:0.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elinks elinks 0.11.1-1 cpe:2.3:a:elinks:elinks:0.11.1-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elinks elinks 0.11.2 cpe:2.3:a:elinks:elinks:0.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-7224

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