CVE-2004-1615 Denial of service in n/a

Low 2.6 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash the Opera browser by sending a web page or email with a malformed TBODY tag, requiring user interaction to view the content.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2004-1615?

CVE-2004-1615 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Opera Opera Browser, published on 20 Feb 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1615?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Opera Opera Browser.

How do I fix CVE-2004-1615?

No fix has been published for CVE-2004-1615 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2004-1615 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-1615 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Opera Opera Browser vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-v97r-xxvr-6fc5.

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