CVEvulnerability

CVE-2005-0456

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2005-01-12 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2005-01-12
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Description

Opera 7.54 and earlier does not properly validate base64 encoded binary data in a data: (RFC 2397) URL, which causes the URL to be obscured in a download dialog, which may allow remote attackers to trick users into executing arbitrary code.

Affected configurations

• opera opera browser (<= 7.54)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/13818/ Broken Link, Patch
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-17.xml Patch, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/882926 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_31_opera.html Broken Link
http://www.opera.com/linux/changelogs/754u2/ Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18867 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/13818/ Broken Link, Patch
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-17.xml Patch, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/882926 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_31_opera.html Broken Link
http://www.opera.com/linux/changelogs/754u2/ Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18867 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry