Is CVE-2008-4197 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2008-4197 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2008-4197?

CVE-2008-4197 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2008-4197?

CVE-2008-4197 has an EPSS score of 6.33% (93th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2008-4197?

Upgrade Opera GX Stable to 9.52 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2008-4197

HIGHEPSS 93th pctl

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-908

How to fix

Remediation Available

Opera GX StableWindows application

Affected:9.52Fixed in:9.52Opera Software

Opera StableWindows application

Affected:9.52Fixed in:9.52Opera Software

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

6.33%probability of exploitation in 30 days

93rdpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 93% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory2

Third-Party Advisory4

Issue Tracking1

bugs.gentoo.org

Mailing List2

Other references6

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.