March 3, 2009 9:44 AM PST
Opera belts out critical security update
Opera on Tuesday released a critical security update, designed to fix vulnerabilities in its browser that could allow malicious attackers to use an altered JPEG to take control of a user's system.
The update for Opera version 9.64 is designed to address security vulnerabilities in earlier versions of Opera 9.
The vulnerabilities were found in Opera's plug-ins, which when exploited via a maliciously crafted JPEG image could cause Opera to corrupt memory and crash, potentially resulting in execution of arbitrary code and cross-site scripting, Opera noted in its advisory.
Security software company Secunia rates the vulnerabilities as "highly critical."
Dawn Kawamoto covers enterprise security and financial news relating to technology for CNET News. E-mail Dawn. 
- by Vegaman_Dan March 3, 2009 11:04 AM PST
- I keep forgetting that Opera is out there. Once Google Chome came out, Opera seems to have been shuffled off to obscurity.
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- by All American Boy March 3, 2009 1:21 PM PST
- "Google Chrome"? What's that?
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- by AndrewRich March 3, 2009 1:47 PM PST
- I used and evangelized Opera on Windows until I switched to Mac. Now it's all about Safari. I still keep Opera for Mac as my backup but it doesn't get much use.
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(3 Comments)When I have to use Windows I use Chrome whenever possible. The more distance I get from Opera, the more flaws I see. Sad.