Video: Opera vulnerability leaves a chink in Wii armor

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Originally Posted by qj.net

Exploits in the cross-platform browser, Opera, is [Only registered users can see links. ]. However, because [Only registered users can see links. ] tend to use exploits to gain leverage into a closed system, they are alarming to many users. So it just so happens that the Wii's Opera browser inherited a weakness from the PC version, allowing a partial gateway for malcode to crash a console's program.

The newest [Only registered users can see links. ] comes in the form of a cunningly coded JPEG file that when viewed would cause the Wii Internet Channel to crash. It only happens with the final release version of Opera, which happened to be patched later in the PC side [Only registered users can see links. ]. So if you don't want to be bothered by sneaky malicious code, you can opt to patch the browser.

Unfortunately, the patch is only available for manual download. So no point-and-press-free updates for you, [Only registered users can see links. ]! You'll have to get your hands dirty for this trick. You should get to it right away, because aside from announcing that an exploit exists, someone even posted how to create the image to crash your Opera browser.
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