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CVE-2012-6709 (GCVE-0-2012-6709)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-02-23 17:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 20:43
VLAI
Summary
ELinks 0.12 and Twibright Links 2.3 have Missing SSL Certificate Validation.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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