Summary
The host is installed with Opera Web Browser and is prone to buffer overflow vulnerability.
Impact
Successful remote attack could allow arbitrary code execution by tricking user into opening malicious HTML file.
Impact Level: Application
Solution
Upgrade to Opera 9.63
http://www.opera.com/download/
Insight
The flaw is due to an error while processing an overly long file:// URI.
Affected
Opera version 9.62 and prior on Windows.
References
Updated on 2017-03-28
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-5178 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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