CVE-2005-4718 describes two remote denial-of-service vulnerabilities affecting Opera 8.02 and earlier versions of the browser. Attackers can crash the client by presenting a specially crafted HTML file containing specific style attributes and tags, or by using a BGSOUND element with a malformed style attribute. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a network attack vector, low complexity, and potential for partial availability impact. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit modules, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and the CVE has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 8.02CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.