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Quote:Apple Computer late Thursday issued an alert about flaws in its QuickTime media player that could allow a malicious attacker to launch a denial-of-service attack or remote code execution.

QuickTime versions 6.5.2 and 7.0.1 for the Mac OS X operating system are affected by the vulnerabilities, as well as some versions for Microsoft Windows

Apple has issued an update, QuickTime 7.0.3, to fix the four flaws

full article: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5933117.html

Goodness!!! Everything has vulnerabilities. So what???

more QuickTime security problems: 

Quote:Attention Apple users: Step away from reading about MacWorld, put down your iPods and update your QuickTime software now to prevent a hacker from taking over your system.

There are five highly critical flaws in Apple's QuickTime application that affect both Apple and Windows versions, as well as Apple's popular iTunes application.

The flaws all relate to image-handling issues inside of QuickTime.

full article: http://www.internetnews.com/security/art...hp/3576771

OK, you do have a good point. Security issues are always to be taken seriously, so click the update button.