Memory Initialization Vulnerability in Opera's VEGAOpBitmap::AddLine Function

CVE-2011-1824 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

The VEGAOpBitmap::AddLine function in Opera before 10.61 does not properly initialize memory during processing of the SIZE attribute of a SELECT element, which allows remote attackers to trigger an invalid memory write operation, and consequently cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code, via a large integer attribute value.

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