Opera before 12.13 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted clipPaths in an SVG document.

published 2013-02-08 13y ago modified 2026-06-16 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-1669

cvss: 9.3; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 8.0%; EPSS 8.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

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Timeline

2013-02-05 First public exploit (EDB-24448)
2013-02-08 Published

Exploit prediction

8.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

EDB-24448 Opera SVG - Use-After-Free dos, 2013-02-05

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	9.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00038.html
vendor-advisory
opera.com /docs/changelogs/unified/1213/
vendor-advisory
opera.com /support/kb/view/1043/
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2013-1638
NVD CVE-2013-1638

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