Opera Multiple Vulnerabilities
RISK: Medium Risk
Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Opera, which could be exploited by attackers to bypass security restrictions or compromise a vulnerable system.
1. A heap overflow error when performing some painting operations on a HTML5 canvas while certain transformations are being applied, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted web page.
2. An error when displaying the download dialog, which could allow attackers to trick a user into running downloaded executables.
3. An error when previewing a news feed, which could allow malicious web sites to silently subscribe a user to a feed.
Impact
- Remote Code Execution
- Security Restriction Bypass
System / Technologies affected
- Opera versions prior to 10.61
Solutions
Before installation of the software, please visit the software manufacturer web-site for more details.
Upgrade to Opera version 10.61 :
http://www.opera.com/browser/
Vulnerability Identifier
- No CVE information is available
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