In the updated version of QuickTime, ten dangerous vulnerabilities are immediately eliminated

Apple has released the updated version of the Quicktime software player, which received the 7.6.2 index, in which, according to the computalent with reference to the manufacturer’s ballot, ten dangerous vulnerabilities were immediately eliminated.

“Holes” can theoretically be used by attackers for the purpose of the emergency completion of the player’s work, as well as to perform an arbitrary harmful code on the computer.

Vulnerabilities are present in the Quicktime 7.x player for the Mac OS X and Windows operating systems.

To organize an attack by cybercriminals, it is necessary to force the user to open a media file formed in Quicktime in Quicktime. The attack, in particular, can be conducted through the image in the PSD, JPEG 2000 (JP2) or PICT format, through the video compressed using the Sorenson 3 codec, etc.