CVE-2011-4685 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash the Opera browser by tricking users into visiting a malicious web page with specific 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-2011-4685?

CVE-2011-4685 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Opera Opera Browser, published on 7 Dec 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

Dragonfly in Opera before 11.60 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified content on a web page, as demonstrated by forbes.com.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-4685?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Opera Opera Browser.

How do I fix CVE-2011-4685?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-4685 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-2011-4685 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-4685 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Opera Opera Browser vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-rhqc-pf5h-2p72.

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