CVE-2003-1397: opera opera_browser

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2003-1397 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in opera opera_browser. EPSS estimates a 6.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 19-10-2007
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 08-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The PluginContext object of Opera 6.05 and 7.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an HTTP request containing a long string that gets passed to the ShowDocument method.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.