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CVE-2008-5428

Published: Dec 11, 2008Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-399
NVD MITRE
4.3CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
1.2%
Top 34.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
No Fix Available

Description

Opera 9.51 on Windows XP does not properly handle (1) multipart/mixed e-mail messages with many MIME parts and possibly (2) e-mail messages with many "Content-type: message/rfc822;" headers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption or other resource consumption) via a large e-mail message, a related issue to CVE-2006-1173.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected Products

operaopera
Desktop App
Consumer Software / browser
n/an/a
operacommercialNOConsumer Softwareaka opera software, opera software as

Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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References

http://mime.recurity.com/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Main/AttackIntro
mime.recurity.com
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4721
securityreason.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499038/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com
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Timeline

Published
Dec 11, 2008
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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