CVE-2008-7245

Opera < 9.52 - Denial of Service via Window Print Function Loop

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-7245.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a DoS vulnerability in Firefox 3.6.3 and Safari 4.0.5 by recursively calling window.print() and window.open() in an error handler, causing the browser to crash. The exploit is triggered via a malicious HTML page with embedded JavaScript.

Description

Opera 9.52 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (unusable browser) by calling the window.print function in a loop, aka a "printing DoS attack," possibly a related issue to CVE-2009-0821.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
htmldososx
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12509

This exploit leverages a DoS vulnerability in Firefox 3.6.3 and Safari 4.0.5 by recursively calling window.print() and window.open() in an error handler, causing the browser to crash. The exploit is triggered via a malicious HTML page with embedded JavaScript.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Firefox 3.6.3, Safari 4.0.5
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must visit a malicious webpage
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 19, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://websecurity.com.ua/2456/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6350
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506328/100/100/threaded

Scores

EPSS 0.0404
EPSS Percentile 88.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (29)
opera/opera_browser 5.0 (8 CPE variants)
opera/opera_browser 5.02
opera/opera_browser 5.10
opera/opera_browser 5.11
opera/opera_browser 5.12
opera/opera_browser 6.0 (7 CPE variants)
opera/opera_browser 6.1 (2 CPE variants)
opera/opera_browser 6.01
opera/opera_browser 6.02
opera/opera_browser 6.03
... and 19 more
Published Sep 18, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026