CVE-2008-5680
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 7.5%EU EUVD
Multiple buffer overflows in Opera before 9.63 might allow (1) remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted text area, or allow (2) user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long host name in a file: URL. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2008-5178.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 7.5% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5651)
- Published
- December 19, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5651 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- opera / opera browser
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References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34294
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-30.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021457
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/963/
- http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/920/(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/922/(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498452/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498481/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498499/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498517/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498543/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021456
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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