- Microsoft has issued a Red Alert for a security flaw in its jpg processing technology that could let a hacker into your computer.
The flaw, labelled critical, concerns software that supports the JPEG format, including some versions of Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, and Microsoft developer tools, says Microsoft.allow an attacker to infiltrate someone else's computer, if the user was persuaded to open a specialized file.
"Depending on the software you are using, you may need to install multiple updates from multiple locations," it warns.
Software affected includes:
Windows XP
Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1)
Windows Server 2003
Internet Explorer 6 SP1
Office XP SP3
Note Office XP SP3 includes Word 2002, Excel 2002, Outlook 2002, PowerPoint 2002, FrontPage 2002, and Publisher 2002.
Office 2003
Note Office 2003 includes Word 2003, Excel 2003, Outlook 2003, PowerPoint 2003, FrontPage 2003, Publisher 2003, InfoPath 2003, and OneNote 2003.
Digital Image Pro 7.0
Digital Image Pro 9
Digital Image Suite 9
Greetings 2002
Picture It! 2002 (all versions)
Picture It! 7.0 (all versions)
Picture It! 9 (all versions, including Picture It! Library)
Producer for PowerPoint (all versions)
Project 2002 SP1 (all versions)
Project 2003 (all versions)
Visio 2002 SP2 (all versions)
Visio 2003 (all versions)
Visual Studio .NET 2002
Note Visual Studio .NET 2002 includes Visual Basic .NET Standard 2002, Visual C# .NET Standard 2002, and Visual C++ .NET Standard 2002.
Visual Studio .NET 2003
Note Visual Studio .NET 2003 includes Visual Basic .NET Standard 2003, Visual C# .NET Standard 2003, Visual C++ .NET Standard 2003, and Visual J# .NET Standard 2003.
