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CVE-2008-5428

Opera 9.51 on Windows XP does not properly handle (1) multipart/mixed e-mail messages with many MIME parts and possibly

Opera 9.51 on Windows XP does not properly handle (1) multipart/mixed e-mail messages with many MIME parts and possibly (2) e-mail messages with many "Content-type: message/rfc822;" headers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption or other resource consumption) via a large e-mail message, a related issue to CVE-2006-1173.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.00469
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Affected Products & Versions

1
operaall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
pocmime.recurity.com · AttackIntromime.recurity.com
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Scoring & Timeline

4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published to NVD11 Dec 2008 · 03:30 PM
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References & Sources

3
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4721
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499038/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499045/100/0/threaded
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