RCE in Opera Browser

CVE-2013-1638

Opera before 12.13 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted clipPaths in an SVG document.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

Published 2013-02-08 · 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: 0.080 (94.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 94.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.080 · newest: 0.080 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Opera Browser — versions 12.00, 12.01, 12.02

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/unified/1213/ (Vendor Advisory)
www.opera.com/support/kb/view/1043/ (Vendor Advisory)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00038.html (vendor-advisory)