Security update for the PNG exploit

Dan Frakes lists at frakes.org
Tue Aug 10 10:03:51 PDT 2004


PJ Bearstein <pj_bearstein at insightbb.com> wrote:
> Is the PNG exploit a proof of concept thingy? I don't see how a
> graphics format can allow malicious things to affect Macs.

It's not the graphics format itself; the vulnerability resides in the
open-source library used to view the graphics format.




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