CVE-2012-6470

critical

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.

References

http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/1038/

http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/unified/1212/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2013-01-02

Updated: 2013-01-02

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical