What is CVE-2012-6709?

CVE-2012-6709 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elinks, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2018-02-23.

How severe is CVE-2012-6709?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Elinks

CVE-2012-6709

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

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

Published 2018-02-23 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (44.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 45th percentile — 44.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Elinks — versions 0.12
Twibright Links — versions 2.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Issue Tracking)
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-6709?: CVE-2012-6709 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elinks, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2018-02-23.
How severe is CVE-2012-6709?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.