directshowMicrosoft has reported a vulnerability in its DirectShow, in some versions of Windows. DirectShow is Microsoft's framework for playing different media types such as games and multimedia. The software giant revealed that Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 are vulnerable to this issue. However,  Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 would be unaffected by the crisis. The attacks are conceived to be generated from the malicious QuickTime media files.
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