CVE-2006-3945 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The CSS functionality in Opera 9 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by setting the background property of a DHTML element to a long http or https URL, which triggers memory corruption.

Published: 2006-07-31

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 2.9% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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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 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-3938	The CSS functionality in Opera 9 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by setting the background property of a DHTML element to a long http or https URL, which triggers memory corruption.

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.

The EPSS score is 0.02915.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-26-opera-css-background.html
http://www.osvdb.org/27374
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2987
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27977

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows Xp

Opera Opera Browser

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-07-31T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T18:48:39.403Z

Reserved: 2006-07-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-3945

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-07-31T23:04:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:28:07.933

Link: CVE-2006-3945

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-787
Out-of-bounds Write

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