01 Record

CVE-2008-4197

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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 6.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 93.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2008-09-27 00:00Z18 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 10:08Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2008-09-23

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-908Use of Uninitialized ResourceBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

2eaf000e25a57a7122bd74a4fd4a51b8482206211ae771e1e16df77a46e74c1c

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

freebsdfreebsdNot specified—

linuxlinux_kernelNot specified—

microsoftwindowsNot specified—

operaopera_browserNot specified—

oraclesolarisNot specified—

06 References

www.vupen.comADV-2008-2416http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2416vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
secunia.com32538http://secunia.com/advisories/32538third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comopera-shortcuts-code-execution(44552)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44552vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
www.opera.comhttp://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/solaris/952/x_refsource_CONFIRM
www.securitytracker.com1020720http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020720vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
www.securityfocus.com30768http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30768vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
www.opera.comhttp://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/952/x_refsource_CONFIRM
www.opera.comhttp://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/952/x_refsource_CONFIRM
www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20080923 Re: CVE request: Opera < 9.52 multiple vulnerabilitieshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/24/4mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20080919 CVE request: Opera < 9.52 multiple vulnerabilitieshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/19/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
secunia.com31549http://secunia.com/advisories/31549third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
bugs.gentoo.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235298x_refsource_CONFIRM
www.opera.comhttp://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/freebsd/952/x_refsource_CONFIRM
www.opera.comhttp://www.opera.com/support/search/view/894/x_refsource_CONFIRM
security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200811-01http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-01.xmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO