Integer overflow in Links before 2.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…
Priority LOW 23CWE-189Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Medium
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-189 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Integer overflow in Links before 2.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted HTML tables.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01221 68th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2013-6050
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r8h3-f36j-28hw
References
Advisory 1
More Twibright Links vulnerabilities
- TI-2008-03190 Unspecified vulnerability in Links before 2.1, when "only proxies" is enabled, has… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2017-08175 The put_chars function in html_r.c in Twibright Links 2.14 allows remote attackers to… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.5
- TI-2012-05411 ELinks 0.12 and Twibright Links 2.3 have Missing SSL Certificate Validation. CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.9
Sources
- CVE-2013-6050 · CVE Program
- CVE-2013-6050 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-r8h3-f36j-28hw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2013-6050 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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