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CVE-2005-2405
Opera 8.01, when the "Arial Unicode MS" font (ARIALUNI.TTF) is installed, does not properly handle extended ASCII characters in the file…
Medium5.0EPSS 2.8%
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- mitre
Description
Opera 8.01, when the "Arial Unicode MS" font (ARIALUNI.TTF) is installed, does not properly handle extended ASCII characters in the file download dialog box, which allows remote attackers to spoof file extensions and possibly trick users into executing arbitrary code.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.8% · top 14% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- 15870 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 14402 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.opera.com/linux/changelogs/802/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2005-1251 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- opera-content-disposition-extension-spoofing(21784) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1014592 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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