Denial of Service in Opera 7 and Netscape 7.02 Browsers
Reported April 2, 2003, by Marc Schönefeld.

VERSIONS AFFECTED
-> Netscape 7.02
-> Opera 7 using Sun Microsystems' Java Virtual Machine (JVM), version 1.4.1_02

DESCRIPTION
A vulnerability in Netscape 7.02 and Opera 7 Web browsers can result in a Denial of Service (DoS) condition.

DEMONSTRATION
As proof of concept, the discover posted the following code, which crashes the browsers when they run on Windows XP:

VENDOR RESPONSE
Netscape and Opera haven't yet responded to this concern.

CREDIT
Discovered by Marc Schönefeld.

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