[NEWS] Opera Out-of-Bounds Memory Access DoS

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Opera Out-of-Bounds Memory Access DoS
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SUMMARY

<http://www.opera.com/c> Opera is a web browsers for multiple Operating
Systems and architecture.

Improper handling of a long href command allows attackers to crash Opera.

DETAILS

Vulnerable Systems:
* Opera version 9

Immune Systems:
* Opera version 8x

By crafting special HTML file with a very long a href value, allow
attackers to crash Opera.

Proof of Concept:
The original Proof of concept can be found at:
<http://www.critical.lt/research/opera_die_happy.html >
http://www.critical.lt/research/opera_die_happy.html
< html>
< head>
< / head>
< body>
< a href="a" x 500000>crash< / a>
< / body>
< / html>


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The information has been provided by <mailto:N9@xxxxxxxxxxx> N9.
The original article can be found at: <http://www.critical.lt/?vuln/349>
http://www.critical.lt/?vuln/349



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