Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-5178

RCE

Title: Opera RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2008-5178

CWE Category CWE-119
Published Date Nov 20, 2008
Modified Date Apr 09, 2025
Exploit Status Available
Score 9.3 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
38.81%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-5178: 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.

Impacted Vendors

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opera_software 1
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opera 1

Reference Links

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 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
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
9.3
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-5178 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7135
View Code
MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.