Important JPEG Vulnerability Patch for Windows Systems

Antivirus Guide Mary Landesman writes: "On September 14, 2004, Microsoft released details and patches for a newly discovered vulnerability involving JPG files, widely used for photographs and online images. The exploit can be engineered from a malicious website or via email. The vulnerability revolves around a buffer overrun condition that occurs when processing deliberately malformed JPG files. A successful exploit would allow the attacker full control of the system..."
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Get the patch from Microsoft: Buffer Overrun in JPEG Processing Could Allow Code Execution