Description: This important security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities that could allow code execution if a user viewed a specially crafted file in Windows Media Player.

Update type: Important

Release date: August 14, 2007

Applies to: All versions

Knowledge base: support.microsoft.com/kb/936782

Download link: 32-bit | 64-bit

Comments: Though not for Vista specifically, most versions of Vista comes with Media Player installed, so those installs would be affected. Following are known issues with this update:

• After you apply this security update, you cannot open .swf files in Windows Media Player. You receive an error message that resembles the following
  

  you must install a later version of the Macromedia Flash Player…

  For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
  941197 After you apply security update 936782, you cannot open .swf files in Windows Media Player

• You cannot auto-dismiss the Windows Media Download dialog box that appears when you try to install a Microsoft Windows Media Player skin file. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
  
  940893 You cannot auto-dismiss the Windows Media Download dialog box that appears when you try to install a Windows Media Player skin file