diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index efb91fd826..f583a61c66 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -855,6 +855,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/lierolibre-newer-libconfig.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/lierolibre-remove-arch-warning.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/lierolibre-try-building-other-arch.patch	\
+  %D%/packages/patches/links-CVE-2017-11114.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/linux-pam-no-setfsuid.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/lirc-localstatedir.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/llvm-3.5-fix-clang-build-with-gcc5.patch	\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/links-CVE-2017-11114.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/links-CVE-2017-11114.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c5ac9884b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/links-CVE-2017-11114.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+Fix CVE-2017-11114:
+
+https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-11114
+http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/76
+
+Patch copied from Debian:
+
+https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=870299#12
+
+Origin: upstream, commit: fee5dca79a93a37024e494b985386a5fe60bc1b7
+Origin: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=870299#12
+Author: Mikulas Patocka <mikulas@twibright.com>
+Date:   Wed Aug 2 20:13:29 2017 +0200
+Subject: Fix read out of memory in case of corrupted UTF-8 data
+
+---
+ charsets.c |   37 +------------------------------------
+ links.h    |    9 ++++-----
+ 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
+
+Index: links-2.14/charsets.c
+===================================================================
+--- links-2.14.orig/charsets.c
++++ links-2.14/charsets.c
+@@ -215,41 +215,6 @@ static struct conv_table *get_translatio
+ 	return utf_table;
+ }
+ 
+-unsigned short int utf8_2_uni_table[0x200] = {
+-	0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0,
+-	0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0,
+-	0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0,
+-	0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0,
+-	0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0,
+-	0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0,
+-	0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0,
+-	0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0,
+-	0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0,
+-	0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0,
+-	0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0,
+-	0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0,
+-	0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0,
+-	0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0,
+-	0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0,
+-	0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0,
+-	0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 128,	0, 0, 0, 192,	0,
+-	0, 0, 256,	0, 0, 0, 320,	0, 0, 0, 384,	0, 0, 0, 448,	0,
+-	0, 0, 512,	0, 0, 0, 576,	0, 0, 0, 640,	0, 0, 0, 704,	0,
+-	0, 0, 768,	0, 0, 0, 832,	0, 0, 0, 896,	0, 0, 0, 960,	0,
+-	0, 0, 1024,	0, 0, 0, 1088,	0, 0, 0, 1152,	0, 0, 0, 1216,	0,
+-	0, 0, 1280,	0, 0, 0, 1344,	0, 0, 0, 1408,	0, 0, 0, 1472,	0,
+-	0, 0, 1536,	0, 0, 0, 1600,	0, 0, 0, 1664,	0, 0, 0, 1728,	0,
+-	0, 0, 1792,	0, 0, 0, 1856,	0, 0, 0, 1920,	0, 0, 0, 1984,	0,
+-	0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0,
+-	0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0,
+-	0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0,
+-	0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0,
+-	0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0,
+-	0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0,
+-	0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0,
+-	0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0, 0, 0, 0,	0,
+-};
+-
+ unsigned char utf_8_1[256] = {
+ 	6, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7,
+ 	7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7,
+@@ -269,7 +234,7 @@ unsigned char utf_8_1[256] = {
+ 	3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 6, 6,
+ };
+ 
+-static_const unsigned min_utf_8[9] = {
++static_const unsigned min_utf_8[8] = {
+ 	0, 0x4000000, 0x200000, 0x10000, 0x800, 0x80, 0x100, 0x1,
+ };
+ 
+Index: links-2.14/links.h
+===================================================================
+--- links-2.14.orig/links.h
++++ links-2.14/links.h
+@@ -3906,15 +3906,14 @@ unsigned char *cp_strchr(int charset, un
+ void init_charset(void);
+ 
+ unsigned get_utf_8(unsigned char **p);
+-extern unsigned short int utf8_2_uni_table[0x200];
+ #define GET_UTF_8(s, c)							\
+ do {									\
+ 	if ((unsigned char)(s)[0] < 0x80)				\
+ 		(c) = (s)++[0];						\
+-	else if (((c) = utf8_2_uni_table[((unsigned char)(s)[0] << 2) +	\
+-				((unsigned char)(s)[1] >> 6) - 0x200]))	\
+-		(c) += (unsigned char)(s)[1] & 0x3f, (s) += 2;		\
+-	else								\
++	else if ((unsigned char)(s)[0] >= 0xc2 && (unsigned char)(s)[0] < 0xe0 &&\
++	         ((unsigned char)(s)[1] & 0xc0) == 0x80) {		\
++		(c) = (unsigned char)(s)[0] * 0x40 + (unsigned char)(s)[1], (c) -= 0x3080, (s) += 2;\
++	} else								\
+ 		(c) = get_utf_8(&(s));					\
+ } while (0)
+ #define FWD_UTF_8(s)							\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/web-browsers.scm b/gnu/packages/web-browsers.scm
index 385147c379..95d2878835 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/web-browsers.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/web-browsers.scm
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ older or slower computers and embedded systems.")
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "http://links.twibright.com/download/"
                                   name "-" version ".tar.bz2"))
+              (patches (search-patches "links-CVE-2017-11114.patch"))
               (sha256
                (base32
                 "1f24y83wa1vzzjq5kp857gjqdpnmf8pb29yw7fam0m8wxxw0c3gp"))))