CVE-2013-6050

Integer overflow in Links before 2.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted HTML tables.

Published: 2013-12-07 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-6050 is rated Low Risk (36.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.38%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-6050

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 2025-03-30 0.90% 0.38% -0.53%
2 2025-03-29 0.38% 0.90% +0.53%
3 2025-03-17 0.38%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-6050

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-6050

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-6050

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2013-6050 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (links2), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6050
gentoo normal CVE-2013-6050: 1 GLSA(s) (201402-11), 1 atom(s) (www-client/links); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2013-6050
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-6050 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (links2), 13 status rows across 13 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 6, ignored 5, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6050

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-6050

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
twibright links <= 2.7 cpe:2.3:a:twibright:links:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
twibright links 2.7 cpe:2.3:a:twibright:links:2.7:pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-6050

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