5.9

CVE-2012-6709: elinks Improper Certificate Validation

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2012-6709DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6709
Published 23-02-2018Last modified 16-09-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-6709 is a medium (CVSS 5.9) Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability in elinks. EPSS estimates a 0.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.9, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.9/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.66%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 23-02-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

ELinks 0.12 and Twibright Links 2.3 have Missing SSL Certificate Validation.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.66%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

52%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.66% on 05-10-2026

05-10-202604-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian2 products
  • elinks< 0.13~20190125-3
  • links2< 2.6-1
Elinks1 product
Twibright1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • elinksAll versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 5 products

References

6 links