Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-6468

Title: Opera Opera Browser RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2012-6468.

CWE Category CWE-119

Published Date Jan 02, 2013

Modified Date Apr 29, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 9.3 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

6.42%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-6468: Heap-based buffer overflow in Opera before 12.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a long HTTP response.

Impacted Vendors

opera 1

Reference Links

http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/unified/1211/ http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/1036/ http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56594 http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/unified/1211/ http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/1036/ http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56594

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

9.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-6468 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

January 02, 2013 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.