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Opera before 12.01 on Windows and UNIX, and before 11.66...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 11, 2025

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Opera before 12.01 on Windows and UNIX, and before 11.66 and 12.x before 12.01 on Mac OS X, allows user-assisted remote attackers to trick users into downloading and executing arbitrary files via a small window for the download dialog, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-1924.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 6, 2012
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Last updated Apr 11, 2025

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(71st percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2012-4143

GHSA ID

GHSA-f5qr-vmvh-c85p

Source code

No known source code

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