CVE-2008-1762 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability affecting Opera web browsers prior to version 9.27. It allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code by rendering a specially crafted scaled image pattern within an HTML CANVAS element. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring medium attack complexity but offering complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit modules, an ExploitDB entry exists for multiple vulnerabilities in Opera 9.26, and community discussion and media coverage are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 9.26CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:5.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:5.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:5.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.