Opera Browser "Content-Length" Header Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Last Update Date:
28 Jan 2011
Release Date:
5 Mar 2010
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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 by a buffer overflow error when processing malformed HTTP "Content-Length:" headers, which could be exploited by remote attackers to crash an affected browser or execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into visiting a web page hosted on a malicious web server.
Impact
- Remote Code Execution
System / Technologies affected
- Opera version 10.50 and prior
Solutions
- It is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
- Workaround
- Do not browse untrusted websites or follow untrusted links.
Vulnerability Identifier
- No CVE information is available
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