CVE-2004-1616 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in the Links browser by tricking users into visiting a malicious page with a large table rowspan.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2004-1616?
CVE-2004-1616 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Feb 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1616?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Links Links.
How do I fix CVE-2004-1616?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-1616 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2004-1616 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-1616 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9rpj-3h3j-f5ch.