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title: "CVE-2008-5679\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2008-5679

Publication date 19 December 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## 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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| opera | 8.10 intrepid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 7.10 gutsy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5679)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5679)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-5679)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5679)

### Other references

* <http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/963/>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5679>