CVE-2012-6470 describes a critical memory allocation vulnerability in Opera versions prior to 12.12, specifically affecting the handling of GIF images. This flaw allows remote attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution or a denial of service through a crafted image. With a CVSS score of 9.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), it indicates a high severity, network-exploitable vulnerability with complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild (no KEV entry) and lacking Metasploit or Nuclei modules, a proof-of-concept crash exploit exists on ExploitDB, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 12.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:1.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:2.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:2.10:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.