CVE-2008-4694

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Opera before 9.60 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a redirect that specifies a crafted URL.

Category

9.3
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 18.71% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory opera.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/32394 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32538 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/solaris/960/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/22/5 mailing list
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021016 vdb entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/21/5 mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/32177 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/960/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45722 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31631 vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00009.html vendor advisory
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/960/
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/960/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2765 vdb entry
http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/901/ vendor advisory
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/freebsd/960/
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-01.xml vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-4694?
CVE-2008-4694 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-4694?
To fix CVE-2008-4694, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-4694 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-4694 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~19% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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