CVE-2008-4197
HIGH · CVSS 8.8EPSS 6.3%EU EUVD
Opera before 9.52 on Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris, when processing custom shortcut and menu commands, can produce argument strings that contain uninitialized memory, which might allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or conduct other attacks via vectors related to activation of a shortcut.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 8.8 (v3.1)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-908
- EPSS score
- 6.3% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4180)
- Published
- September 27, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4180 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- freebsd / freebsd
- linux / linux kernel
- microsoft / windows
- opera / opera browser
- oracle / solaris
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235298(Issue Tracking)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31549(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32538(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-01.xml(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/19/2(Mailing List)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/24/4(Mailing List)
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/freebsd/952/(Broken Link)
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/952/(Broken Link)
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/solaris/952/(Broken Link)
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/952/(Broken Link)
- http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/894/(Broken Link)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30768(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020720(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2416(Broken Link)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44552(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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