Opera Web Browser up to 7.54 HTML Tag TBODY denial of service

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Opera Web Browser. It has been classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component HTML Tag Handler. Performing a manipulation of the argument TBODY results in denial of service. This vulnerability was named CVE-2004-1615. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Opera Web Browser (Web Browser). This affects an unknown code block of the component HTML Tag Handler. The manipulation of the argument TBODY with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Opera allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory reference and application crash) via a web page or HTML email that contains a TBODY tag with a large COL SPAN value, as demonstrated by mangleme.

The weakness was presented 10/18/2004 by Michal Zalewski as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2004-1615 since 02/20/2005. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (17806) and SecurityFocus (BID 11441†). See VDB-22294 and VDB-22295 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Type

• Web Browser

Vendor

• Opera

Name

• Web Browser

Version

• 6.0
• 6.0.1
• 6.0.2
• 6.0.3
• 6.0.4
• 6.0.5
• 6.0.6
• 6.10
• 7.0 Beta1
• 7.0 Beta2
• 7.0.1
• 7.0.2
• 7.0.3
• 7.10
• 7.11
• 7.11b
• 7.11j
• 7.20
• 7.20 Beta1 Build2981
• 7.21
• 7.22
• 7.23
• 7.50
• 7.51
• 7.52
• 7.53
• 7.54

License

• free

Website

• Vendor: https://www.opera.com/

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