bugtraq - Re: Opera 9 DoS PoC

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Message-ID: <b9e0c3fe0606211021r20527667i18bf7619501f6412@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:21:08 -0300
From: "Bruno Lustosa" <bruno.lists@...il.com>
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Opera 9 DoS PoC


On 21 Jun 2006 03:39:09 -0000, N9@...tical.lt <N9@...tical.lt> wrote:
> Details:
>
> Vulnerability can be exploited by using a large value in a href tag to create an out-of-bounds memory access.
>
> Proof Of Concept DoS exploit:
>
> http://www.critical.lt/research/opera_die_happy.html

Interesting enough, clicking on that link under Firefox 1.5.0.4 made
it hang for about 20 seconds, consuming 100% cpu time.
Probably not a vulnerability, although it could be "exploited" to annoy users.

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Bruno Lustosa <bruno@...tosa.net>
http://www.lustosa.net/