Is CVE-2008-5178 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2008-5178 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2008-5178?

CVE-2008-5178 has a CVSS v2 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2008-5178?

CVE-2008-5178 has an EPSS score of 27.88% (98th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2008-5178

HIGHEPSS 98th pctl

9.3

CVSS v2

NVD

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.

CWE-119Buffer Overflow

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

27.88%probability of exploitation in 30 days

98thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.

References

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

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.