QuickTime 7.6 addresses security issues

QuickTime 7.6 is in the wild. Released today via Software Update and on Apple's support site, the new version "includes changes that increase reliability, improve compatibility and enhance security." It also makes your whites whiter and your brights brighter while helping you avoid embarrassing social situations.

More details via the update page:

Video: Improves single-pass H.264 encoding quality; Increases the playback reliability of Motion JPEG media

Audio: Improves AAC encoding fidelity; Audio tracks from MPEG video files now export consistently

Application Support: Improves compatibility with iChat and Photo Booth

As far as the security updates are concerned, the word from Ryan Naraine at ZDnet is that this patch closes several potentially serious holes that could have been exploited by malicious URLs or custom-payload movie files to execute code on target machines. Four of the seven issues addressed in this update were reported to Apple via the Zero Day Initiative, which encourages responsible disclosure of vulnerabilities by providing cash bounties for the researchers involved.

Thanks to everyone who sent this in.

Source: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3292

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Same here, and I know it might have been a bit over the top but I used Superduper! to restore my OS from my ext HD this morning. I've had a mac for seven years and created my first external bootable backup two weeks ago - now that's timing!

January 27 2009 at 10:24 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Kyle Hance

If you're on Tiger, don't install it..... It made Finder go all screwy. It restarts indefinitely.... Luckily my Dock and all the other apps still work just fine so I can warn others and hopefully find a fix..... No matter how many times I restart the problem continues....

January 21 2009 at 10:24 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Olligarski

Does it make the AAC-encoder sound any better?

Does it add remaining time in the QT-player?

Probably not.

January 21 2009 at 7:43 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Lando Calrissian

Does it fix the part about it sucking balls all the way through? I know that is unlikely, so I'm going to hold off on installing QuickTime at all.

January 21 2009 at 6:16 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Ayle

What about finally fixing the black control bar in Windows x64?

January 21 2009 at 6:08 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

ChrisM70

Actually, I was referring to EMBEDDED QuickTime files, like YouTube videos, Vimeo clips, etc., that you find on blogs. I don't know why QT doesn't have this already...

January 21 2009 at 5:08 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

SIP

CMD+F

January 21 2009 at 4:00 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

staniks

How about some AC3 passthrough support so I can watch my movies in Frontrow with surround sound?

January 21 2009 at 3:58 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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moshy

this would be extremely nice! been waiting on this one for ages and it appears like it will be forever... it's the # 1 thing I want added!!

January 22 2009 at 8:33 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

ChrisM70

Nice to see some upgrades to QuickTime.

The one upgrade I would like to see is a button added to allow QuickTime video to full screen like every other video player used on the internet.

January 21 2009 at 3:28 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply