CVE-2008-5428 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Opera 9.51 on Windows XP. The flaw allows remote attackers to cause resource exhaustion, potentially leading to a crash, by sending specially crafted email messages with numerous MIME parts or "Content-type: message/rfc822;" headers. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring user interaction (e.g., opening a malicious email) for exploitation. The potential impact is limited to availability, as it can cause a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.51CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera:9.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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