CVE-2008-5679
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Published: December 19, 2008 at 04:09 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:00 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpera
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
The HTML parsing engine in Opera before 9.63 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted web pages that trigger an invalid pointer calculation and heap corruption.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 9.625..105.05.0 beta_25.0 beta_35.0 beta_45.0 beta_55.0 beta_65.0 beta_75.0 beta_85.025.15.105.115.125.25.35.45.55.65.75.85.96 beta_16.06.0 beta_16.0 beta_26.0 beta_36.016.026.036.046.056.066.16.116.127 beta_17 beta_1.27.07.0 beta_17.0 beta_1v27.0 beta_27.017.027.037.107.117.207.20 beta77.217.227.237.507.50 beta_17.517.527.537.547.54 update_17.54 update_28.08.0 beta_18.0 beta_28.0 beta_38.018.028.508.518.528.538.549.09.0 beta_19.0 beta_29.019.029.109.209.20 beta_19.219.229.239.249.259.269.279.509.50 beta_19.50 beta_29.519.529.69.609.60 beta_19.61
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (8)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-30.xmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
Source: [email protected]
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4791x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://www.nruns.com/security_advisory_opera_html_parsing_code_execution.phpMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499315/100/0/threadedQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399
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