PT-2008-6322 · Opera · Opera

Send9 · Published 2008-11-20 · Updated 2017-10-19 · CVE-2008-5178

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Opera version 9.62

Description The issue is caused by a boundary error in the processing of 'file://' URIs, which can lead to a heap-based buffer overflow when an overly long "file://" URI is processed. This can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system, potentially allowing execution of arbitrary code if the user is tricked into opening a malicious HTML file.

Recommendations For Opera version 9.62, consider avoiding the use of overly long "file://" URIs until a fix is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to potentially malicious HTML files to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5178

Affected Products

Opera

References · 11

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/7135 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/32323 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5178 · Security Note
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-30.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32752 · Vendor Advisory
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-11/0110.html · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34294 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46653 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3183 · Note
• http://opera.com/support/kb/view/922 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/49882 · Note