CVE-2008-5679
highpriority · track · 38EPSS 0.033 · 88 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
3.27% (88th) EPSS
CVSS 9.3 · high
Who says so?
2 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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9.3
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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weaknesses
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affected products (71)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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published 2008-12-19modified 2026-06-16
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references (16)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34294enisa_euvd
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-30.xmlenisa_euvd
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4791enisa_euvd
- http://www.nruns.com/security_advisory_opera_html_parsing_code_execution.phpenisa_euvd
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/963/enisa_euvd
- http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/921/enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499315/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021460enisa_euvd
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