CVE-2005-3946 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Opera 8.50 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a Java applet with a large string argument to the removeMember JNI method for the com.opera.JSObject class.

Published: 2005-12-01

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 2.4% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:8.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2005-3941	Opera 8.50 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a Java applet with a large string argument to the removeMember JNI method for the com.opera.JSObject class.

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 None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02419.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.illegalaccess.org/exploit/opera85/OperaApplet.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/418201/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/418274/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15648

History

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Subscriptions

Opera Opera Browser

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-12-01T11:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:31:48.957Z

Reserved: 2005-12-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-3946

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-12-01T06:03:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2005-3946

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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