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Manipulating text input contents can allow execution of arbitrary code – Opera Security Advisories

OPCOM Team | December 15, 2008
Severity

Extremely Severe

Problem Description

Manipulating certain text-area contents can cause a buffer overflow, which may be exploited to execute arbitrary code.

Opera’s Response

Opera Software has released Opera 9.63, where this issue has been fixed.

Credits

Thanks to Red XIII for reporting this issue to Opera Software.

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