Apple's Mac OS X Mail App May Have Graphical Image Security Flaw

All web browsers that support the open-source libPNG, or portable network graphic image format are potentially vulnerable. The affected web browsers include the Mail application in Mac OS X, Opera and Internet Explorer on Windows, and Mozilla and Netscape on Solaris according to this CNet article. The exploit allows a graphic image to run malicious code. [Dana Baggett]


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