CVE-2008-4197
HIGH severity · CVSS 8.8 · CWE-908
8.8CVSS HIGH
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionRequired
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)6%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31549Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32538Advisory
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235298
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-01.xmlAdvisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/19/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/24/4
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/freebsd/952/
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/952/