CVE-2009-1234 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Opera 9.64 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an XML document containing a long series of start-tags with no corresponding end-tags. NOTE: it was later reported that 9.52 is also affected.

Published: 2009-04-02

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 15.6% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:9.52:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:9.64:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.15614.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-09/msg00001.html
http://websecurity.com.ua/3216/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34298
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49522
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5432
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8320

History

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Subscriptions

Opera Opera Browser

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-04-02T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T05:04:49.308Z

Reserved: 2009-04-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-1234

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-04-02T17:30:00.313

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-1234

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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