Another zero-day exploit for QuickTime

I don't think this qualifies as a zero-day exploit. It certainly was unknown before, but there is no "exploit." A 0-day exploit is when malicious code is spotted in the wild that takes advantage of a previously unknown flaw. If researchers are announcing this and there is no malicious code in the wild, it's not an exploit (and, hence, not a 0-day exploit). So let's not get all crazy....

Possible vector for any type of attack? Virus? Takeover of my computer? Someone please decode this for the _rest_of_us_.

Thanks!
Dave

hmm.. possible vector for iPhone 1.1.3 entry?

hmm.. possible vector for iPhone 1.1.3 entry?

The Information Week article points out that Apple was not notified ahead of time about this exploit. Also it should be noted that a zero-day exploit usually refers to an exploit previously unknown to the product developer. That said, don't expect that the new versions of iTunes and Quicktime to be (potentially) released at MacWorld will patch this issue.