Wii's Opera browser potential hack threat

by David Hinkle { Apr 23rd 2007 at 2:15PM }

Those crafty haxxorz are at it again, this time finding an exploit in the trial version of the Opera browser for the Wii. In hitting up the URL of a certain JPEG image, the browser can be made to crash, allowing malcode (we're assuming it's an abbreviation for "malicious code," we're not 1337) to be implemented. Of course, this exploit can be null and void if you manually updated your Opera browser to the latest version (which we're sure most of you have), but those of you still with the trial version might want to go ahead and update.

Video of the exploit being used has been posted past the break.

Tags: browser, nintendo, nintendowii, opera, wii

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Fortyseven @ Apr 23rd 2007 3:07PM

When 95% of the video is just him typing in the URL, and then the screen going blank for a second...eeh, I'm thinking that it probably wasn't worth the time to embed it. ;)

hvnlysoldr @ Apr 23rd 2007 2:48PM

The trial version eh? When the full version is free? What are the odds someone will still have only the trial version and upload that specific jpeg with that malicious code? They would need to have an internet connection to use the browser and Nintendo would have informed them of the updated full version which even they could then realize to download. And it's still just theoretical they can implement malicious code.

James @ Apr 23rd 2007 2:51PM

Sooo... did I just update my way out of a possible homebrew loophole? 'Cause that would suck.

Sensai @ Apr 23rd 2007 3:30PM

This is really really old news.

Nor did it really end up being anything. It IS there, which is fine and dandy, but allows for next to nothing to happen. You get to crash your Wii.

I followed this story for quite a bit, hoping that homebrew might arise from it. But nothing ever came out of it.