Vulnerability CVE-2008-5679
Published: 2008-12-19   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
n.runs-SA-2008.010 - Opera HTML parsing Code Execution
Alexios Fakos
23.12.2008

Type:

CWE-399

 (Resource Management Errors)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
9.3/10
10/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Opera -> Opera 

 References:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-30.xml
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4791
http://www.nruns.com/security_advisory_opera_html_parsing_code_execution.php
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/963/
http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/921/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499315/100/0/threaded
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021460
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