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Opera Array Processing Error Lets Remote Users Crash the Browser

Mar 17, 2004 8:15PM PST

SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1009442
CVE Reference: GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH
Date: Mar 16 2004

Impact: Denial of service via network

Exploit Included: Yes

Version(s): 7.23

Description: d3thStaR reported a denial of service vulnerability in the Opera web browser in the processing of arrays. A remote user can cause a target user's browser to crash.

It is reported that a remote user can create specially crafted HTML that, when loaded by a target user, will cause the target user's Opera browser to crash due to an array allocation management error.

The vendor has reportedly been notified.

Impact: A remote user can create HTML that, when loaded by the target user, will cause the target user's browser to crash.

Solution: No solution was available at the time of this entry.

Vendor URL: www.opera.com/

Cause: Exception handling error

Underlying OS: Linux (Any), Windows (Any)

Reported By: d3thStaR

http://www.securitytracker.com/alerts/2004/Mar/1009442.html

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