CVE-2008-5679 describes a critical heap corruption vulnerability in Opera versions prior to 9.63, stemming from an invalid pointer calculation within its HTML parsing engine. This flaw allows remote attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution through specially crafted web pages. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it represents a high-severity risk, requiring no authentication and moderate attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 9.62CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5..10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera:5..10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera:5.0:beta_2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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