CVE-2012-4142

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-4142
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-08-06 16:55:06 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionOpera before 12.01 on Windows and UNIX, and before 11.66 and 12.x before 12.01 on Mac OS X, ignores some characters in HTML documents in unspecified circumstances, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted document.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows All All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 10.00 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 10.00 beta1 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 10.00 beta2 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 10.00 beta3 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 10.01 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 10.10 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 10.10 beta1 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 10.11 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 10.50 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 10.50 beta1 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 10.50 beta2 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 10.51 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 10.52 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 10.52 beta1 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 10.52 beta2 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 10.53 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 10.53 b All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 10.53 beta1 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 10.54 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 10.60 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 10.60 beta1 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 10.61 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 10.62 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 10.63 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 11.00 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 11.00 beta All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 11.01 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 11.10 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 11.10 beta All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 11.11 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 11.50 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 11.50 beta All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 11.51 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 11.52 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 11.52.1100 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 11.60 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 11.60 beta All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 11.61 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 11.62 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 11.64 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 12.00 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 12.00 beta All All
Application Opera Opera Browser All All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Opera 12.01 for Mac changelog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.opera.com
Opera 12.01 for Windows changelog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.opera.com
Opera 12.01 for UNIX changelog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.opera.com
Opera 11.66 for Mac changelog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.opera.com
Advisory: Certain characters in HTML can incorrectly be ignored, which can facilitate XSS attacks - Opera Knowledge Base af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.opera.com Vendor Advisory
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