CVE-2016-6908: Medium severity Opera Opera Browser Android vulnerability

Published Jan 26, 2017
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Updated

Characters from languages are such as Arabic, Hebrew are displayed from RTL (Right To Left) order in Opera 37.0.2192.105088 for Android, due to mishandling of several unicode characters such as U+FE70, U+0622, U+0623 etc and how they are rendered combined with (first strong character) such as an IP address or alphabet could lead to a spoofed URL. It was noticed that by placing neutral characters such as "/", "?" in filepath causes the URL to be flipped and displayed from Right To Left. However, in order for the URL to be spoofed the URL must begin with an IP address followed by neutral characters as omnibox considers IP address to be combination of punctuation and numbers and since LTR (Left To Right) direction is not properly enforced, this causes the entire URL to be treated and rendered from RTL (Right To Left). However, it doesn't have be an IP address, what matters is that first strong character (generally, alphabetic character) in the URL must be an RTL character.

Affected Software

1 affected component
Opera Opera Browser Android=37.0.2192.105088

Event History

Jan 26, 2017
CVE Published
via MITRE·03:00 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·03:00 PM
Description
Data Sourced
via NVD·03:59 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2016-6908?

CVE-2016-6908 has a medium severity rating due to potential impacts on text readability and user experience.

2

How do I fix CVE-2016-6908?

To fix CVE-2016-6908, update the Opera browser to a version later than 37.0.2192.105088.

3

What are the main issues caused by CVE-2016-6908?

CVE-2016-6908 causes improper rendering of RTL text which may lead to confusion and misinterpretation of displayed content.

4

Which versions of Opera are affected by CVE-2016-6908?

CVE-2016-6908 affects the Opera browser version 37.0.2192.105088 for Android.

5

Can CVE-2016-6908 be exploited remotely?

CVE-2016-6908 does not present a direct remote exploitation vector but may affect user interactions with certain text.

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