CVE-2005-0456

N/A Unknown

Published: January 12, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026

Description

Opera 7.54 and earlier does not properly validate base64 encoded binary data in a data: (RFC 2397) URL, which causes the URL to be obscured in a download dialog, which may allow remote attackers to trick users into executing arbitrary code.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/13818/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link Patch

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-17.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Third Party Advisory Vendor Advisory

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/882926

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory US Government Resource

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_31_opera.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://www.opera.com/linux/changelogs/754u2/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link Patch Vendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18867

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://secunia.com/advisories/13818/