Updated: July 14, 2020 (March 7, 2005)

Feb. 2005 Update Summary

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Seven critical and three important updates were issued in Feb. 2005. Most of the vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to take control of an unpatched computer. MS05-009, which affects the MSN Messenger and Windows Messenger clients, requires users to download an updated version of the MSN Messenger to continue to access Microsoft’s public instant messaging (IM) service.

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Severity

Vulnerability Impact

Affected Versions

MS05-009 Vulnerability in PNG Processing Could Lead to Buffer Overrun (890261)

Critical

Buffer overflow
Attacker could take complete control of system

Windows Media Player 9

Windows XP 64-Bit Editions (Itanium)¹ running Windows Messenger

Windows 98 Editions²

MSN Messenger 6.1 and 6.2

Windows Messenger 4.7.2009, 4.7.3000, and 5.0

MS05-010 Vulnerability in the License Logging Service Could Allow Code Execution (885834)

Critical

Remote code execution
Attacker could take complete control of system

Windows

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