CVE-2008-5679

CriticalCVSS 9.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 9.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-399

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Dec 19, 2008
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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