CVE-2008-4293 describes an unspecified vulnerability in Opera versions prior to 9.52 on Windows. When Opera is registered as a protocol handler, this flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code through unknown vectors when other applications launch Opera. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is critical, indicating remote exploitability with low attack complexity and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 9.51CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5..10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera:5..10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.