CVEvulnerability

CVE-2009-2540

4.3 MEDIUM Published 2009-07-20 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2009-07-20
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses: CWE-770

Description

Opera, possibly 9.64 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large integer value for the length property of a Select object, a related issue to CVE-2009-1692.

Affected configurations

• opera opera browser (<= 9.64)

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (2)

CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption weakness
CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling weakness

References

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9160 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.g-sec.lu/one-bug-to-rule-them-all.html Broken Link, Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504969/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504988/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504989/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505006/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52874 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5957 Broken Link
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9160 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.g-sec.lu/one-bug-to-rule-them-all.html Broken Link, Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504969/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504988/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504989/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505006/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52874 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5957 Broken Link