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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2008-1761

Opera before 9.27 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted newsfeed source, which triggers an invalid memory access.

HIGH 9.3EPSS 7.56%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (7.56%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Opera before 9.27 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted newsfeed source, which triggers an invalid memory access.

CVSS 2.0
9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
7.56% probability · 94th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-399
Affected
opera/opera
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%5%10%26 October 2026: 7.56%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 7.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.