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                                   CERT-Renater

                        Note d'Information No. 2009/VULN078
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DATE                      : 05/03/2009

HARDWARE PLATFORM(S)      : /

OPERATING SYSTEM(S)       : Systems running Opera versions prior to 9.64.

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http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/926/
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Advisory: Specially crafted JPEG images can be used to execute arbitrary
code



Severity

Extremely Severe


Problem Description

Specially crafted JPEG images can cause Opera to corrupt memory and crash.
Successful exploitation can lead to execution of arbitrary code.


Opera's Response

Opera Software has released Opera 9.64, where this issue has been fixed.


Credits

Thanks to Tavis Ormandy of the Google Security Team for reporting this
issue to Opera Software.


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