A vulnerability has been identified in Opera, which could be exploited by remote attackers to gain knowledge of sensitive information. This issue is caused by an error when handling certain canvas functions, which could allow an attacker to get random samples of the user's memory and potentially gain access to sensitive information via a specially crafted web page.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Philip Taylor.
ChangeLog
2008-07-04 : Initial release
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