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Windows Media Player OCX Attachment Vulnerability Patch

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Editors’ Review

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This patch addresses a denial of service vulnerability in RTF-enabled email clients. It prevents potential crashes caused by a specific OCX control.

  • Pros

    • Eliminates a security vulnerability
    • Prevents email client failure
    • Addresses denial of service attacks
    • No lasting effects from exploit
    • Allows for user recovery by restarting client

  • Cons

    • Requires client restart after exploit
    • Vulnerability targets specific email clients
    • Associated with Windows Media Player OCX control
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Windows Media Player OCX Attachment Vulnerability Patch

Used Windows Media Player OCX Attachment Vulnerability Patch for Windows?

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GENERAL
Release
Latest update
Version
0
OPERATING SYSTEMS
Platform
Windows
Operating System
  • Windows 10
  • Windows ME
  • Windows 98
  • Windows 2000
Additional Requirements
Windows Media Player 7, Outlook or Outlook Express
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Developer’s Description

By Microsoft
Eliminate a security vulnerability that could cause email applications to fail.
OCX controls are containers that can hold multiple ActiveX controls. A particular OCX control, associated with Windows Media Player, could be used in a denial of service attack against RTF-enabled e-mail clients such as Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express. If the affected control were programmatically embedded into an RTF mail and then sent to another user, the user's mail client would fail when he closed the mail. The vulnerability would not cause any lasting effects. The user could resume normal operation by restarting the mail client and deleting the affected mail. Although the affected OCX control is associated with Windows Media Player, it poses no threat to it the vulnerability could only be used to attack e-mail clients.'OCX Attachment Vulnerability Patch FAQ

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