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.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Opera Web Browser 9.26 - Multiple Vulnerabilities EDB-31594 · dos · Apr 3, 2008 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/882/
- 28585 vdb-entry
- 29679 third-party-advisory
- opera-htmlcanvas-code-execution(41627) vdb-entry
- 29735 third-party-advisory
- SUSE-SR:2008:009 vendor-advisory
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/927/
- 29662 third-party-advisory
- ADV-2008-1084 vdb-entry
- GLSA-200804-14 vendor-advisory