CVE-2004-1616

Public Exploit

Description

Links allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a web page or HTML email that contains a table with a td element and a large rowspan value,as demonstrated by mangleme.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.30% Top 25%

Vendor Advisory coredump.cx Vendor Advisory org.uk Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109811406620511&w=2	mailing list
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-October/027709.html	vendor advisory mailing list
http://securitytracker.com/id?1011808	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11442	vendor advisory vdb entry exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17803	vdb entry
http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/mangleme/gallery/	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2004-1616?: CVE-2004-1616 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2004-1616?: To fix CVE-2004-1616, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2004-1616 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2004-1616 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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