PT-2012-5187 · Opera · Opera

Published 2012-08-06 · Updated 2012-08-07 · CVE-2012-4142

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Opera versions prior to 12.01 on Windows and UNIX Opera versions prior to 11.66 and 12.x prior to 12.01 on Mac OS X

Description The issue makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted document, as some characters in HTML documents are ignored in unspecified circumstances.

Recommendations For Opera versions prior to 12.01 on Windows and UNIX, update to version 12.01 or later. For Opera versions prior to 11.66 and 12.x prior to 12.01 on Mac OS X, update to version 12.01 or later.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-4142

Affected Products

Opera

References · 6

• http://opera.com/support/kb/view/1026 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4142 · Security Note
• http://opera.com/docs/changelogs/unix/1201 · Note
• http://opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/1201 · Note
• http://opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/1166 · Note
• http://opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/1201 · Note