CVE-2003-1396

Opera 6.0.x/7.0 - Long File Name Remote Heap Corruption

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Heap-based buffer overflow in Opera 6.05 through 7.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a filename with a long extension.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2003-04-28 First Exploit
2003-12-31 CVE Published
2007-10-18 CVE Reserved
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11894	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/22550	2003-04-28
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-04/0346.html	2024-08-08

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7450	2022-03-01

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Opera Search vendor "Opera"		Opera Browser Search vendor "Opera" for product "Opera Browser"				>= 6.0 <= 7.10 Search vendor "Opera" for product "Opera Browser" and version " >= 6.0 <= 7.10"		-		Affected