CVE-2013-1638

Exp

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

Published: 2013-02-08 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-1638 is rated High Exploit Risk (81.2/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 25.42%, 96th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2013-1638

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
24448 exploit_db edb 2013-02-05 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-1638

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-01 30.06% 25.42% -4.64%
2 2025-03-30 28.20% 30.06% +1.86%
3 2025-03-29 28.20%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-1638

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-1638

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-1638

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2013-1638: 1 GLSA(s) (201406-14), 1 atom(s) (www-client/opera); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2013-1638

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-1638

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
opera opera_browser <= 12.12 cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opera opera_browser 12.00 cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:12.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opera opera_browser 12.00 cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:12.00:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
opera opera_browser 12.01 cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:12.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opera opera_browser 12.02 cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:12.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opera opera_browser 12.10 cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opera opera_browser 12.10 cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:12.10:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
opera opera_browser 12.11 cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:12.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-1638

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