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CVE-2008-4293
Unspecified vulnerability in Opera before 9.52 on Windows, when registered as a protocol handler, allows remote attackers to cause a…
High10.0EPSS 4.5%
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- Updated
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.5% · top 8.4% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- ADV-2008-2416 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- opera-protocolhandler-code-execution(44547) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 30768 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/952/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 31549 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/892/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .