Apple is recommending that QuickTime users update to version 7.6 of the popular media player, which fixes for a number of potentially serious security flaws in version 7.

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Windows and Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5 users are included in the upgrade recommendation.

The official Apple security bulletin lists seven separate vulnerabilities, any of which, “may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution.”

The QuickTime 7.6 update is available from the Apple Downloads site and via ‘Software Update’ in the Apple menu for Mac OS users.

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