01 Record
CVE-2008-5680
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 7.50% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-12-19 16:09Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 11:04Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-12-19
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d0cc75dc62af7498fdc628d7497db4cd068c82b447cc37ef712b8c07ca26e6e7
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.opera.comhttp://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/920/
- www.securityfocus.com20081119 Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Opera 9.6x file:// overflowhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498517/100/0/threaded
- www.securitytracker.com1021456http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021456
- www.securityfocus.com20081119 Re: Opera 9.6x file:// overflowhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498481/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com20081118 Re: Re: Re: Opera 9.6x file:// overflowhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498452/100/0/threaded
- www.opera.comhttp://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/963/
- www.securityfocus.com20081119 Re: Re: Re: Re: Opera 9.6x file:// overflowhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498499/100/0/threaded
- securitytracker.com1021457http://securitytracker.com/id?1021457
- secunia.com34294http://secunia.com/advisories/34294
- www.securityfocus.com20081120 Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Opera 9.6x file:// overflowhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498543/100/0/threaded
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200903-30http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-30.xml
- www.opera.comhttp://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/922/