CVE-2008-4197 describes a vulnerability in Opera versions prior to 9.52 on Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris. This flaw allows user-assisted remote attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code or conduct other attacks due to uninitialized memory in argument strings generated when processing custom shortcut and menu commands. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe risk with a network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 9.52CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.