CVE-2003-1397 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Opera browser versions 6.05 and 7.0. Remote attackers can crash the browser by sending an HTTP request with a long string to the PluginContext object's ShowDocument method. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity with no authentication required, leading to a partial availability impact. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code for this vulnerability is publicly available on ExploitDB, and it has garnered significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.05CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:6.05:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:7.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:7.0:beta1_v2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:7.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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