CVE-2008-4197

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.
References
Link Resource
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235298 Issue Tracking
http://secunia.com/advisories/31549 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32538 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-01.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/19/2 Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/24/4 Mailing List
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/freebsd/952/ Broken Link
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/952/ Broken Link
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/solaris/952/ Broken Link
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/952/ Broken Link
http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/894/ Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30768 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020720 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2416 Broken Link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44552 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235298 Issue Tracking
http://secunia.com/advisories/31549 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32538 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-01.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/19/2 Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/24/4 Mailing List
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/freebsd/952/ Broken Link
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/952/ Broken Link
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/solaris/952/ Broken Link
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/952/ Broken Link
http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/894/ Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30768 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020720 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2416 Broken Link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44552 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
OR cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2008-09-27 10:30

Updated : 2025-04-09 00:30


NVD link : CVE-2008-4197

Mitre link : CVE-2008-4197

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2008-4197


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Products Affected

oracle

  • solaris

freebsd

  • freebsd

opera

  • opera_browser

linux

  • linux_kernel

microsoft

  • windows
CWE
CWE-908

Use of Uninitialized Resource