CVE-2005-0456

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/13818/Broken Link, Patch
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-17.xmlPatch, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/882926Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_31_opera.htmlBroken Link
http://www.opera.com/linux/changelogs/754u2/Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18867Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/13818/Broken Link, Patch
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-17.xmlPatch, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/882926Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_31_opera.htmlBroken Link
http://www.opera.com/linux/changelogs/754u2/Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18867Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Timeline

Published: Jan 12, 2005
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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