PT-2008-5495 · Opera · Opera

Steven M. Christey · Published 2008-09-27 · Updated 2024-02-15 · CVE-2008-4197

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Opera versions prior to 9.52

Description The issue arises when Opera processes custom shortcut and menu commands, potentially producing argument strings that contain uninitialized memory. This could allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or conduct other attacks via vectors related to the activation of a shortcut.

Recommendations For Opera versions prior to 9.52, update to version 9.52 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Use of Uninitialized Resource

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-908

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4197

Affected Products

Opera

References · 16

• http://secunia.com/advisories/32538 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-01.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31549 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4197 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/24/4 · Note
• http://opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/952 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020720 · Note
• http://opera.com/docs/changelogs/freebsd/952 · Note
• http://opera.com/docs/changelogs/solaris/952 · Note
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235298 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/19/2 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/30768 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44552 · Note
• http://opera.com/support/search/view/894 · Note
• http://opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/952 · Note