CVE-2006-3199

Opera 9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an A tag with an href attribute with a URL containing a long hostname, which triggers an out-of-bounds operation.

CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=144635	Broken Link
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016359	Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.critical.lt/?vuln/349	Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/27510	Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437945/100/0/threaded	Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438326/100/0/threaded	Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18585	Broken Link Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2617	Broken Link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27289	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=144635	Broken Link
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016359	Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.critical.lt/?vuln/349	Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/27510	Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437945/100/0/threaded	Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438326/100/0/threaded	Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18585	Broken Link Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2617	Broken Link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27289	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2006-06-23 20:06

Updated : 2026-06-16 22:26

NVD link : CVE-2006-3199

Mitre link : CVE-2006-3199

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2006-3199

JSON object : View

Products Affected

opera

opera_browser

CWE

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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