Opera.Browser.LargeArray.DoS

Release Date Aug 04, 2010
Severity medium
Impact Successful exploit may cause the browser to crash.
Description This indicates an attempt to exploit a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Opera Web Browser. The Opera Web Browser is a multi-platform web browser with features such as tabbed browsing, pop-up blocking and integrated searches. There is a vulnerability because of the way Opera handles large JavaScript arrays. It is possible to crash the browser by attempting to perform operations on an array with over 0x23000000 elements. However it has not been confirmed that this can lead to arbitrary code execution.
Affected Products Opera Web Browser 7.23, Opera Web Browser 7.22.
Recommended Actions Please upgrade Opera to the latest version.
Coverage IPS VCM
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) CVE-2004-1810
Reference/s http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9869 (BugTraq)

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