CVE-2005-2405

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Opera 8.01, when the "Arial Unicode MS" font (ARIALUNI.TTF) is installed, does not properly handle extended ASCII characters in the file download dialog box, which allows remote attackers to spoof file extensions and possibly trick users into executing arbitrary code.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Aug 1, 2005
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2005-2405: Medium severity, CVSS 5.0 | Vulnix