CVE-2008-1762

Description

Opera before 9.27 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted scaled image pattern in an HTML CANVAS element, which triggers memory corruption.

Category

9.3
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 20.51% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory opera.com Vendor Advisory opera.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/882/ patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28585 vdb entry patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/29679 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41627 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/29735 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00007.html vendor advisory
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/927/ patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29662 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1084/references vdb entry vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-14.xml vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-1762?
CVE-2008-1762 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-1762?
To fix CVE-2008-1762, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-1762 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-1762 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~21% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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