CVE-2009-1234 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 6.5% (pctl 94)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Opera 9.64 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an XML document containing a long series of start-tags with no corresponding end-tags. NOTE: it was later reported that 9.52 is also affected.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 6.52% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-04-02 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| opera | opera browser |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Opera 9.64 - 7400 nested elements XML Parsing Remote Crash | 2009-03-30 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-09/msg00001.html
- http://websecurity.com.ua/3216/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34298
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49522
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5432
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8320
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-09/msg00001.html
- http://websecurity.com.ua/3216/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34298
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49522
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5432
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8320
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