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Zero Day Exploit Found in Windows Media Player

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the back-to-old-tricks dept.

filenavigator writes "Another zero day flaw has been reported in Windows Media player. It comes only one day after a serious zero day flaw was found in word. The flaw is dangerous because it involves IE and Outlook's ability to automatically launch .asx files. No fix from Microsoft has been announced yet."

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  1. Let's Stop With This 0-Day Shit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    First of all, nothing about this exploit is "0 day." Secondly, this overflow involves a tiny amount of memory. It can not be used to run arbitrary code or anything like that. At the very worst, it could be used to crash Media Player.

  2. For more information by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Watch this informative video.