aCropalypse: Microsoft Releases Emergency Patch for Windows 10/11
Microsoft has released two emergency security updates to address the security flaw known as “aCropalypse”. This is a flaw that was recently discovered in native Windows 10 and Windows 11 screenshot editing apps.
As it turns out, the Redmond-based company started testing its patch a few days ago, shortly after the flaw was discovered by retired software engineer Chris Blume.
As of Saturday morning, Microsoft was just starting to release these public updates for its snipping tool in Windows 11 and Windows 10. You can manually trigger the update to fix any of the apps if you don’t want to wait for it to arrive automatically, and for that you just need to open the Microsoft Store and click on Library, then on “Get updates”. Microsoft recommends that all users install these updates.
The aCropalypse flaw was first discovered on Google Pixel devices and quickly patched by engineers at the Mountain View company in the recent March security update. In the case of the Windows 11 Snipping tool, it turns out that the utility did not replace data cut from PNG files cleanly enough. However, this problem does not affect all PNG files, but it is feared that malicious people will use this flaw to gain access to normally invisible data and, more precisely, confidential data for the users involved.
Microsoft resolves aCropalypse flaw
And as was the case with the Android update, made available with the March security patch, the two patches offered by Microsoft will not protect screenshots previously taken with these editing tools.
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