Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2008-5178

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.

  • Published: Nov 20, 2008
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2008-5178
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 9.3
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
opera / opera 9.62 9.62.x