CVE-2011-2638 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash the Opera browser by tricking users into visiting malicious web pages, requiring a browser upgrade to fix.

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-2011-2638?

CVE-2011-2638 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Opera Opera Browser, published on 1 Jul 2011. 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

Unspecified vulnerability in Opera before 11.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via unknown content on a web page, as demonstrated by games on zylom.com.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-2638?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Opera Opera Browser.

How do I fix CVE-2011-2638?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-2638 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-2011-2638 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-2638 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Opera Opera Browser vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-chq8-qh5h-rj79.

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