CVE-2012-6470 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2012-6470

Opera before 12.12 does not properly allocate memory for GIF...

Vulnerability Description

Opera before 12.12 does not properly allocate memory for GIF images, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory overwrite) via a malformed image.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

opera browser
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.00, 2.00, 2.10, 2.12, 3.00, 3.10, 3.21, 3.50, 3.51, 3.60, 3.61, 3.62, 4.00, 4.01, 4.02, 5.0, 5.02, 5.10, 5.11, 5.12, 6.0, 6.1, 6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 6.04, 6.05, 6.06, 6.11, 6.12, 7.0, 7.01, 7.02, 7.03, 7.10, 7.11, 7.20, 7.21, 7.22, 7.23, 7.50, 7.51, 7.52, 7.53, 7.54, 7.60, 8.0, 8.01, 8.02, 8.50, 8.51, 8.52, 8.53, 8.54, 9.0, 9.01, 9.02, 9.10, 9.12, 9.20, 9.21, 9.22, 9.23, 9.24, 9.25, 9.26, 9.27, 9.50, 9.51, 9.52, 9.60, 9.61, 9.62, 9.63, 9.64, 10.00, 10.01, 10.10, 10.11, 10.20, 10.50, 10.51, 10.52, 10.53, 10.54, 10.60, 10.61, 10.62, 10.63, 11.00, 11.01, 11.10, 11.11, 11.50, 11.51, 11.52, 11.52.1100, 11.60, 11.61, 11.62, 11.64, 11.65, 11.66, 12.00, 12.01, 12.02, 12.10

Timeline

Official Publish: January 2nd, 2013
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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