CVE-2008-5178: Opera

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 31.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Opera Opera: version 9.62 only

Published 2008-11-20. Last modified 2026-06-16.