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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-5178 · published 20 November 2008

CVE-2008-5178: Opera memory buffer overflow vulnerability

Opera · Opera

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.

9.3 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 32% · top 1.8% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
9.3CVSS 2.0 base score
32%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
20References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-11/0110.html
http://osvdb.org/49882
http://secunia.com/advisories/32752 Vendor Advisory
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 Exploit
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 Vendor Advisory
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 Exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3183
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46653
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7135

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-5178), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.