Opera < 9.01 Malformed JPEG Overflow

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 3662

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

Description

The remote host is using Opera 9.00. The version of Opera installed on the remote host contains a flaw in the way that it handles JPEG images. An attacker exploiting this flaw would need to be able to convince an Opera user to browse to a malicious URI. Successful exploitation would result in the browser crashing and possibly executing arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade to version 9.01 or higher.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 3662

Family: Web Clients

Published: 6/22/2006

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 21786

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:X

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:opera:opera_browser

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3198, CVE-2006-3331

BID: 18594, 18692

Detections

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