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CVE-2008-5178

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 31.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-11-20 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Opera 9.62 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long file:// URI. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2008-5680.

Affected products

• Opera Software AS Opera for Android: 9.62

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-11/0110.html
• http://osvdb.org/49882
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32752
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34294
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-30.xml
• http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/922/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32323
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3183
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46653
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7135
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-11/0110.html
• http://osvdb.org/49882

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