CVE-2004-1616 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the Links web browser. Remote attackers can exploit this by crafting a web page or HTML email with a table containing a td element and a large rowspan value, leading to excessive memory consumption. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no authentication, resulting in a partial availability impact. While there is no known active exploitation, exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness despite its age.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.91CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:links:links:0.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.92CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:links:links:0.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.93CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:links:links:0.93:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.94CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:links:links:0.94:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.95CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:links:links:0.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.