{
    "id": "CVE-2008-5178",
    "published": "2008-11-20 15:30:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:59:24",
    "cvss_score": "9.3",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
    "cwe": "CWE-119",
    "description": "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.31509",
    "epss_percentile": "0.98231",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 18:17:07",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "opera",
            "product": "opera"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "7135",
            "title": "Opera 9.62 - 'file://' Local Heap Overflow",
            "date": "2008-11-17",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7135"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-11/0110.html",
        "http://osvdb.org/49882",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/32752",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/34294",
        "http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-30.xml",
        "http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/922/",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32323",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3183",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46653",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7135",
        "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-11/0110.html",
        "http://osvdb.org/49882",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/32752",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/34294",
        "http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-30.xml",
        "http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/922/",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32323",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3183",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46653",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7135"
    ]
}