What is CVE-2012-6470?

CVE-2012-6470 is a vulnerability in Opera Browser, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2013-01-02.

Is CVE-2012-6470 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Opera Browser

CVE-2012-6470

Opera before 12.12 does not properly allocate memory for GIF images, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory overwrite) via a malformed image.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2013-01-02 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.078 (94.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.078 · newest: 0.078 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Opera Browser — versions 1.00, 2.00, 2.10

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

www.opera.com/support/kb/view/1038/ (Vendor Advisory)
www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/unified/1212/

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-6470?: CVE-2012-6470 is a vulnerability in Opera Browser, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2013-01-02.
Is CVE-2012-6470 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.