CVE-2005-4210 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Opera before 8.51, when running on Windows with Input Method Editor (IME) installed, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent application crash) by bookmarking a site with a long title.

Published: 2005-12-13

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 3.0% 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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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-2005-4205	Opera before 8.51, when running on Windows with Input Method Editor (IME) installed, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent application crash) by bookmarking a site with a long title.

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 0.0303.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/17963
http://www.opera.com/support/search/supsearch.dml?index=821
http://www.osvdb.org/21641
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15813
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2846
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23549

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Opera Opera Browser

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-12-13T11:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:38:51.700Z

Reserved: 2005-12-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-4210

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-12-13T11:03:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2005-4210

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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