PT-2007-7357 · Opera · Opera

Published 2007-12-24 · Updated 2018-10-15 · CVE-2007-6523

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Opera versions 9.50 beta through 9.24

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically CPU consumption, by providing a crafted bitmap (BMP) file. This file triggers a large number of calculations and checks, exploiting an algorithmic complexity vulnerability.

Recommendations For Opera versions 9.50 beta through 9.24, update to version 9.25 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-6523

Affected Products

Opera

References · 9

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/26721 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6523 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28314 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3482 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/484605/100/200/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/484605/100/200/threaded · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4261 · Note
• http://frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/4261 · Note