OperaFloating Point Number Handling Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Last Update Date:
28 Jan 2011
Release Date:
23 Nov 2009
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RISK: Medium Risk
A vulnerability has been identified in Opera, which could be exploited by attackers to compromise a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by a memory corruption error when processing floating point numbers, which could allow remote attackers to crash an affected browser or execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted web page.
Impact
- Remote Code Execution
System / Technologies affected
Opera version 10.01 and prior
Solutions
There is no patch available for this vulnerability currently.
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