TechZ
August 7th, 2004, 04:46 PM
- Six vulnerabilities in an open-source image format (http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105_2-5298999.html) could allow intruders to compromise computers running Linux and may allow attacks against Windows PCs as well as Macs running OS X. The security issues appear in a library supporting the portable network graphics (PNG) format, used widely by programs such as the Mozilla and Opera browsers and various e-mail clients. The most critical issue, a memory problem known as a buffer overflow, could allow specially created PNG graphics to execute a malicious program when the application loads the image.