CVE-2008-4197

8.8 highEPSS 6.3%

High (8.8) in opera opera browser. EPSS 6.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

8.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 6.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 93% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-908
Published: 2008-09-27
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

opera:opera_browser

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235298
http://secunia.com/advisories/31549
http://secunia.com/advisories/32538
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-01.xml
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/19/2

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