CVE-2005-3750

HIGH 7.5CVE-2005-3750 · Published 22/11/2005 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2005-3750 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting opera browser (opera).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 6.4%, higher than 93.6% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 8.51 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
opera browser opera	`< 8.51`	`8.51`

Description

Opera before 8.51 on Linux and Unix systems allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters (backticks) in a URL that another product provides in a command line argument when launching Opera.

References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-11/0677.html · Broken Link
secunia.com/advisories/16907 · Broken Link
secunia.com/advisories/18111 · Broken Link
secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-57/advisory · Broken Link
securityreason.com/securityalert/199 · Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com/id · Broken Link
gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-10.xml · Third Party Advisory
novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_28_sr.html · Third Party Advisory
opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/851 · Broken Link
osvdb.org/21003 · Broken Link
securityfocus.com/archive/1/417393/30/0/threaded · Broken Link
securityfocus.com/bid/15521 · Broken Link

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opera browser

opera

< 8.51

8.51

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