Very large link addresses can cause Opera to crash – Opera Security Advisories

Summary: Very large link addresses can cause Opera to crash.

Severity: Moderate

Problem description

An extremely long link address can cause Opera to crash.A specially crafted long link could cause malicious codeto be run on the user’s computer.

Opera’s response

Release 9.02 is not affected by this, and Opera Softwarerecommends users with earlier versions to upgrade.

Credits

Thanks to iDefense Labs for notifying us.