CVE-2008-4293

Opera < 9.52 - Denial of Service and Possible Remote Code Execution via Protocol Handler

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Opera before 9.52 on Windows, when registered as a protocol handler, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors in which Opera is launched by other applications.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2416
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44547
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30768
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/952/
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31549
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/892/

Scores

EPSS 0.0635
EPSS Percentile 91.1%

Details

Status published
Products (41)
opera/opera 5..10
opera/opera 5.0
opera/opera 5.1
opera/opera 5.2
opera/opera 5.3
opera/opera 5.4
opera/opera 5.5
opera/opera 5.6
opera/opera 5.7
opera/opera 5.8
... and 31 more
Published Sep 27, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026