CVE-2005-0456 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Opera 7.54 and earlier does not properly validate base64 encoded binary data in a data: (RFC 2397) URL, which causes the URL to be obscured in a download dialog, which may allow remote attackers to trick users into executing arbitrary code.

Published: 2005-02-17

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 6.2% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-0457	Opera 7.54 and earlier does not properly validate base64 encoded binary data in a data: (RFC 2397) URL, which causes the URL to be obscured in a download dialog, which may allow remote attackers to trick users into executing arbitrary code.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.06168.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/13818/
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-17.xml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/882926
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_31_opera.html
http://www.opera.com/linux/changelogs/754u2/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18867

History

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Subscriptions

Opera Opera Browser

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-02-17T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:13:54.224Z

Reserved: 2005-02-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-0456

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-01-12T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-0456

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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