Vulnerability in Opera Browser
CVE-2007-6523
Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in Opera 9.50 beta and 9.x before 9.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted bitmap (BMP) file that triggers a large number of calculations and checks.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.021 (80.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 80.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Opera Browser — versions 9.0, 9.01, 9.02
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/28314 (third-party-advisory)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/3482 (third-party-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4261 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484605/100/200/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/26721 (Exploit, vdb-entry)