CVE-2008-1081

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-02-29 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Opera before 9.26 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary script via images that contain custom comments, which are treated as script when the user displays the image properties.

Affected products

Opera Browser: through 9.25; 1.00, 2.00, 2.10, 2.10-beta1, 2.10-beta2, 2.10-beta3 (+96)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00010.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29029
http://secunia.com/advisories/29152
http://secunia.com/advisories/29178
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-09.xml
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/926/
http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/879/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27901
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0622
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00010.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29029
http://secunia.com/advisories/29152

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