• Fixed an issue where specially crafted JPEG images could be used to execute arbitrary code, as reported by Tavis Ormandy of the Google Security Team; see our advisory
• Fixed an issue where plug-ins could be used to allow cross domain scripting, as reported by Adam Barth; details will be disclosed at a later date.
• Fixed a moderately severe issue; details will be disclosed at a later date.
• Added support for the following platform-specific features:
• DEP(Data Execution Prevention) in Microsoft WindowsXP® with Service Pack 2 and higher and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1
• ASLR(Address Space Layout Randomization) in Microsoft Windows Vista®
• Added Untrusted Rootstore Capability:
• Opera downloads only the detailed information about untrusted (blacklisted) certificates when they are encountered
• If download fails for certificate information in the list, Opera considers any certificate matching the ID as untrusted
• Added version conditional fetching of certificate dependencies from an online repository
• Fixed a problem downloading the CRL (Certificate Revocation List)
• Fixed a problem that could cause SSL to deadlock in one state, hanging the connection
• Fixed a problem that could cause the incorrect calculation of Certificate IDs
• Implemented Extended Validation (EV) for cross-signed EV Root Certificates not shipped by default
• Implemented preshipping of the Entrust 2048 CA (Certificate Authority)
• Implemented Root Certificate fetching from an online repository when an intermediate matches a certificate in the repository
• Improved support for weak encryption when importing .p12 private certificates
• Prevented security information documents from being written to disk

Miscellaneous

• Fixed a problem which created separate feed notifications; Opera now groups them together
• Fixed a problem with inline find when no content was entered and the Enter key was pressed
• Implemented opacity on text styled with hexidecimal color codes
• Installing an external source viewer no longer requires an Opera restart
• Installing Opera sets it as the default browser; this may be reset during the install process