CVE-2008-5428 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published 11 Dec 2008 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Opera browser by sending specially crafted emails with excessive MIME parts or headers.

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-2008-5428?

CVE-2008-5428 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Dec 2008. 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 9.51 on Windows XP does not properly handle (1) multipart/mixed e-mail messages with many MIME parts and possibly (2) e-mail messages with many "Content-type: message/rfc822;" headers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption or other resource consumption) via a large e-mail message, a related issue to CVE-2006-1173.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-5428?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Opera Opera.

How do I fix CVE-2008-5428?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-5428 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-2008-5428 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-5428 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-wrqj-hmv6-rx3j.