Buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows Xp
CVE-2006-3945
The CSS functionality in Opera 9 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by setting the background property of a DHTML element to a long http or https URL, which triggers memory corruption.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.029 (86.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 86.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.029 · newest: 0.029 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows Xp
- Opera Browser — versions 9.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27977 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-26-opera-css-background.html (Exploit, Broken Link)
- www.osvdb.org/27374 (Exploit, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2987 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)