vendor:
Opera
by:
posidron@tripbit.net
7.5
CVSS
HIGH
Remote Denial of Service
20
CWE
Product Name: Opera
Affected Version From: 08.02
Affected Version To: 08.02
Patch Exists: YES
Related CWE: N/A
CPE: opera
Metasploit:
N/A
Other Scripts:
N/A
Tags: N/A
CVSS Metrics: N/A
Nuclei References:
N/A
Nuclei Metadata: N/A
Platforms Tested: Windows, Linux, Mac
2005
Opera 8.02 and below Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
A remote denial of service vulnerability exists in Opera 8.02 and below. The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the handling of HTML tags and can be exploited to cause a crash of the browser by sending a specially crafted HTML page to the user. This can be exploited by an attacker to crash the browser of a user and deny service.
Mitigation:
Upgrade to the latest version of Opera.
