CVE-2006-3199

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Published Jun 23, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 14.6% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

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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Metrics

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.

Exploit prediction score: 14.6% (14.598% probability within 30 days)

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

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 6:23 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jun 23, 2006, 8:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 6:23 PM
Reserved: Jun 23, 2006, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:26 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jun 23, 2006, 8:06 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:26 PM

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