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Opera Browser "document.write()" Uninitialized Memory Vulnerability

Last Update Date: 28 Jan 2011 Release Date: 28 Apr 2010 4450 Views

RISK: Medium Risk

A vulnerability has been identified in Opera, which could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise a vulnerable system. This issue is caused due to an uninitialized memory when writing a large amount of data to a web page e.g. using the "document.write()" function, which could allow attackers to corrupt memory and execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted web page.


Impact

  • Remote Code Execution

System / Technologies affected

  • Opera version 10.52 and prior

Solutions

Do not browse untrusted web sites of follow links from untrusted sources.


Vulnerability Identifier

  • No CVE information is available

Source