CVE-2006-3199 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Opera 9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an A tag with an href attribute with a URL containing a long hostname, which triggers an out-of-bounds operation.

Published: 2006-06-23

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 14.6% Moderate

KEV: No

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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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 Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.14598.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=144635
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016359
http://www.critical.lt/?vuln/349
http://www.osvdb.org/27510
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437945/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438326/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18585
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2617
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27289

History

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Subscriptions

Opera Opera Browser

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-06-23T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T18:23:20.097Z

Reserved: 2006-06-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-3199

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-06-23T20:06:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:26:36.623

Link: CVE-2006-3199

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

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