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OperaFloating Point Number Handling Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Last Update Date: 28 Jan 2011 Release Date: 23 Nov 2009 5405 Views

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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