HIGH
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
Published Dec 19, 2008
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.27%
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.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- n/a
- ≤ 9.62
- 5..10
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.1
- 5.02
- 5.2
- 5.3
- 5.4
- 5.5
- 5.6
- 5.7
- 5.8
- 5.9
- 5.10
- 5.11
- 5.12
- 6
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.1
- 6.01
- 6.02
- 6.03
- 6.04
- 6.05
- 6.06
- 6.11
- 6.12
- 7
- 7
- 7.0
- 7.0
- 7.0
- 7.0
- 7.01
- 7.02
- 7.03
- 7.10
- 7.11
- 7.20
- 7.20
- 7.21
- 7.22
- 7.23
- 7.50
- 7.50
- 7.51
- 7.52
- 7.53
- 7.54
- 7.54
- 7.54
- 8.0
- 8.0
- 8.0
- 8.0
- 8.01
- 8.02
- 8.50
- 8.51
- 8.52
- 8.53
- 8.54
- 9.0
- 9.0
- 9.0
- 9.01
- 9.02
- 9.6
- 9.10
- 9.20
- 9.20
- 9.21
- 9.22
- 9.23
- 9.24
- 9.25
- 9.26
- 9.27
- 9.50
- 9.50
- 9.50
- 9.51
- 9.52
- 9.60
- 9.60
- 9.61
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
9.3 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.27% 0.03272
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03272
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.27% (0.03272) | 88.00th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.27% (0.03272) | 86.76th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.63% (0.01627) | 80.59th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 4.05% (0.04047) | 92.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.82% (0.03825) | 90.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 6.85% (0.06852) | 92.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 6.85% (0.06852) | 91.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 6.85% (0.06852) | 79.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (8)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34294 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-30.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4791 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.nruns.com/security_advisory_opera_html_parsing_code_execution.php x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/963/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/921/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499315/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021460 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/34294 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-30.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4791 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://www.nruns.com/security_advisory_opera_html_parsing_code_execution.php | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/963/ | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/921/ | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499315/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021460 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 19, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Dec 19, 2008
Link CVE-2008-5679
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a