CVE-2010-1728
HIGH severity · CVSS 9.3 · CWE-399
9.3CVSS HIGH
Summary
Opera before 10.53 on Windows and Mac OS X does not properly handle a series of document modifications that occur asynchronously, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via JavaScript that writes <marquee> sequences in an infinite loop, leading to attempted use of uninitialized memory. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2006-6955.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)7%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39590Advisory
- http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/953/Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0999Advisory
- http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/2010/04/28/opera-10-53-rc1-for-windows-and-mac
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/1053/
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/1053/
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58231
- http://h.ackack.net/?p=258Exploit