CVE-2001-1491 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Opera 5.11, where a remote attacker can exhaust CPU resources and cause a memory leak by presenting a web page with an excessive number of images. Rated with a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to a partial availability impact. While an ExploitDB entry exists (EDB-21181) demonstrating this issue across multiple browsers, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion surrounding this decades-old flaw.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opera_software:opera_web_browser:5.1.1:*:win32:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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