'Critical' PNG Flaw Haunts Netscape

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edited December 2004 in Science & Tech
America Online Inc.'s efforts to kick-start renewed interest in its Netscape browser got off to a rocky start with researchers warning of a "highly critical" flaw that could lead to remote code execution.
Just 24 hours after AOL unveiled a new Netscape prototype, Sun Microsystems Inc. issued an advisory for multiple vulnerabilities in the way the browser handles PNG (portable network graphic) images.

The bug, which affects Netscape 7.x, is directly related to the previously reported buffer overflows in the PNG Library (libpng) that is used to manipulate PNG files.
Source: eWeek
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