CVE-2004-0537

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-08-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Opera 7.50 and earlier allows remote web sites to provide a "Shortcut Icon" (favicon) that is wider than expected, which could allow the web sites to spoof a trusted domain and facilitate phishing attacks using a wide icon and extra spaces.

Affected products

Opera Browser: through 7.50

References

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-June/022263.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108627581717738&w=2
http://osvdb.org/6590
http://secunia.com/advisories/11762
http://security.greymagic.com/security/advisories/gm007-op/
http://www.opera.com/linux/changelogs/751/index.dml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10452
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16307
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-June/022263.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108627581717738&w=2
http://osvdb.org/6590
http://secunia.com/advisories/11762

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