CVE-2008-5679

high

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.

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021460

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499315/100/0/threaded

http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/921/

http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/963/

http://www.nruns.com/security_advisory_opera_html_parsing_code_execution.php

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4791

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-30.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/34294

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-12-19

Updated: 2018-10-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H