Hello everyone,
I have seen many users complaining about how to fix the GDI+ JPEG Vulnerability, so I thought that it will be better if I can provide a detailed tutorial inorder to get rid of the same. Actually, this is a GDI Scan Tutorial, that can be used for eradicating the above mentioned problem.
For the people who d not know what this issue is, I would like to explain to them about the same in short.
What does GDI+ JPEG Vulnerability mean??
- An "Application Programming Interface" that helps various applications to work with graphics as well as formatted text, that is used for interactive display is called as GDI+. This is a varied technology that is used on a large scale for different purposes.
- gdiplus.dll is a DLL that is used for the working of the above mentioned technology. A problem was discovered in this particular DLL and it was named as the GDI+ JPEG Vulnerability.
- A wrong code was generated by this DLL while the images were processed and this ultimately led to the vulnerability.
- A very disastrous situation that can occur because of this vulnerability is that another person who is aware how this code works can take over your system. For this, they will use a specially designed image of the extension JPEG and then, work out with the code.
- The image that has this particular vulnerability can be used for this same purpose of taking control over the computer. It can only happen when you try to view this JPEG image.
- So, this vulnerability can go to the extent of threatening the security of the system. It can grant another person who is controlling the image or its code directly complete rights of the system, that is Administrator Rights.
Well, inorder to get rid of this problematic situation, an update has been released by Microsoft. This update has to be patched with whatever Windows operating system that anyone having the vulnerability is using. 2 of the updates are released, that includes the following:
- Windows Update
- Office Update
The official site of Microsoft provides the above mentioned updates. Only after applying both these updates, the technique that I am providing can help you. So, make sure that you are having these updates patched with your system.
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