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M51DPS:
Before you start bashing microsoft, try not to forget about the recent PNG vulnerability....

 
quote:As reported by numerous sources, a new vulnerability has been disclosed (and patched) by Microsoft. This one concerns the parsing of JPEGs in XP Microsoft applications. A buffer overflow can be used to execute arbitrary code. So all those times you told your parents/friends that looking at images was safe - well, not anymore.
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Stilly:
but it says its been patched

worker201:
Call me when there's a tiff or eps vulnerability.
  :D

WMD:

quote:Before you start bashing microsoft, try not to forget about the recent PNG vulnerability....
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But was that in the format, or the parser?  I can't remember, was it in libpng?

Refalm:
First mp3 played by Winamp contained virusses, then Trillian skins, right after PNG's and now JPG's.

When does the non-executable file format virusses stop?

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