CVE-2008-5679

N/A Unknown

Published: December 19, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/34294

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-30.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4791

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.nruns.com/security_advisory_opera_html_parsing_code_execution.php

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/963/

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/921/

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499315/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021460

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/34294