CVE-2008-5679: Critical severity Opera Opera vulnerability

Q: What is the severity of CVE-2008-5679?

CVE-2008-5679 has a severity rating that indicates a critical risk of remote code execution due to heap corruption.

Q: How do I fix CVE-2008-5679?

To fix CVE-2008-5679, you should upgrade to a version of Opera beyond 9.63 that addresses this vulnerability.

Q: What versions of Opera are affected by CVE-2008-5679?

CVE-2008-5679 affects multiple versions of Opera prior to 9.63, including 5.x, 6.x, 7.x, and 8.x.

Q: What are the symptoms of an exploit of CVE-2008-5679?

Exploitation of CVE-2008-5679 may lead to unexpected behavior or crashes in the Opera browser due to uncontrolled memory operations.

Q: Who can exploit CVE-2008-5679?

CVE-2008-5679 can be exploited by remote attackers through malicious web pages designed to trigger the vulnerability.

Published Dec 19, 2008

Updated

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 Software

97 affected components

Opera Opera=8.52

Opera Opera=7.50-beta_1

Opera Opera=5.10

Opera Opera=5..10

Opera Opera=7.20

Opera Opera=7.52

Opera Opera=8.50

Opera Opera=9.26

Opera Opera=9.02

Opera Opera=7.20-beta7

Opera Opera=5.02

Opera Opera=8.53

Opera Opera=5.2

Opera Opera=5.4

Opera Opera=7.53

Opera Opera=9.50-beta_1

Opera Opera=6.1

Opera Opera=6.12

Opera Opera=7.54-update_2

Opera Opera=9.27

Opera Opera=5.12

Opera Opera=9.52

Opera Opera=7.22

Opera Opera=5.0-beta_2

Opera Opera=7.50

Opera Opera=5.0-beta_3

Opera Opera=8.0-beta_3

Opera Opera=5.0-beta_7

Opera Opera=7.0

Opera Opera=8.0

Opera Opera=8.01

Opera Opera=8.54

Opera Opera=6.03

Opera Opera=9.6

Opera Opera=8.51

Opera Opera<=9.62

Opera Opera=9.24

Opera Opera=6.06

Opera Opera=7.0-beta_1v2

Opera Opera=7.03

Opera Opera=7.0-beta_1

Opera Opera=9.01

Opera Opera=5.0

Opera Opera=9.0-beta_2

Opera Opera=6.0-beta_3

Opera Opera=6.11

Opera Opera=6.02

Opera Opera=6-beta_1

Opera Opera=9.23

Opera Opera=6.0

Opera Opera=9.22

Opera Opera=6.01

Opera Opera=7-beta_1

Opera Opera=9.0-beta_1

Opera Opera=7.10

Opera Opera=5.0-beta_4

Opera Opera

Opera Opera=9.50-beta_2

Opera Opera=9.20

Opera Opera=5.6

Opera Opera=7-beta_1.2

Opera Opera=6.0-beta_1

Opera Opera=5.5

Opera Opera=5.8

Opera Opera=7.54-update_1

Opera Opera=9.61

Opera Opera=5.3

Opera Opera=8.0-beta_2

Opera Opera=7.23

Opera Opera=5.1

Opera Opera=5.11

Opera Opera=5.0-beta_6

Opera Opera=9.25

Opera Opera=6.04

Opera Opera=6.05

Opera Opera=9.60-beta_1

Opera Opera=6.0-beta_2

Opera Opera=5.7

Opera Opera=9.0

Opera Opera=7.01

Opera Opera=7.51

Opera Opera=8.0-beta_1

Opera Opera=9.10

Opera Opera=7.54

Opera Opera=7.11

Opera Opera=5.9

Opera Opera=7.02

Opera Opera=5.0-beta_5

Opera Opera=7.21

Opera Opera=9.20-beta_1

Opera Opera=9.21

Opera Opera=9.51

Opera Opera=8.02

Opera Opera=7.0-beta_2

Opera Opera=5.0-beta_8

Opera Opera=9.60

Opera Opera=9.50

Event History

Dec 19, 2008

CVE Published

via MITRE·04:09 PM

Data Sourced

via MITRE·04:09 PM

Description

Data Sourced

via NVD·04:30 PM

DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-5679?

CVE-2008-5679 has a severity rating that indicates a critical risk of remote code execution due to heap corruption.

How do I fix CVE-2008-5679?

To fix CVE-2008-5679, you should upgrade to a version of Opera beyond 9.63 that addresses this vulnerability.

What versions of Opera are affected by CVE-2008-5679?

CVE-2008-5679 affects multiple versions of Opera prior to 9.63, including 5.x, 6.x, 7.x, and 8.x.

What are the symptoms of an exploit of CVE-2008-5679?

Exploitation of CVE-2008-5679 may lead to unexpected behavior or crashes in the Opera browser due to uncontrolled memory operations.

Who can exploit CVE-2008-5679?