Apple plugs critical QuickTime flaw for Windows users

Posted on Monday, August 16 2010 @ 16:54 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

Apple rolled out a security update for a critical flaw in the Windows edition of QuickTime Player. The patch fixes an issue in the player's error logging system that enabled hackers to execute code on your system by hiding it in a specially crafted QuickTime movie.

QuickTime 7.6.7 can be downloaded over here.

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