Fri, Jun 23 2006 13:12 Don

Opera JPEG Processing Integer Overflow Vulnerability


Secunia Advisory: SA20787
Release Date: 2006-06-23

Software: Opera 8.x
Description:
VigilantMinds has reported a vulnerability in Opera browser, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an integer overflow when processing JPEG images. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via a specially crafted JPEG image.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 8.54. Prior versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Upgrade to version 9.0.
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