Download Opera 9.63

Opera has released a new version of its web browser of the same name in the form of 9.63. This new version is considered by the developers as a ‘security release’ seen and contains mostly security updates. Opera 9.63 also includes a new version of the user agent Presto. The new Opera is available from this page for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. The 9 series has a large number of features, including support for Bittorrent, a content and popup blocker and the use of so-called widgets inside and outside the browser. In addition, Opera also comes with the usual features, such as mouse gestures, a password manager and tabbed browsing. A number of additional features have also been built into the 9.6 release. For example, this version includes support for Link and new features in Mail.

Release Notes

• Opera 9.63 is a recommended security upgrade. Please see the Security section.
• Opera 9.63 incorporates the Opera Presto 2.1.1 user agent engine.

Security

• Manipulating text input contents can allow execution of arbitrary code, as reported by Red XIII.
• HTML parsing flaw can cause Opera to execute arbitrary code, as reported by Alexios Fakos.
• Long hostnames in file: URLs can cause execution of arbitrary code, as reported by Vitaly McLain.
• Script injection in feed preview can reveal contents of unrelated news feeds, as reported by David Bloom.
• Built-in XSLT templates can allow cross-site scripting, as reported by Robert Swiecki of the Google Security Team.
• Fixed an issue that could reveal random data, as reported by Matthew of Hispasec Sistemas. Details will be disclosed at a later date.
• SVG images embedded using img tags can no longer execute Java or plugin content, suggested by Chris Evans.