Apple Releases Safari 4.0.3

Apple today released Safari 4.0.3 via Software Update, offering fixes for several stability and performance issues, as well as security updates. The new version is also available on Apple's Safari download page.

This update is recommended for all Safari users and includes improvements to stability, compatibility and security including:

- Stability improvements for webpages that use the HTML 5 video tag
- Fixes an issue that prevented some users from logging into iWork.com
- Fixes an issue that could cause web content to be displayed in greyscale instead of color

For detailed information on the security content of this update, please visit this site: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222.

According to the associated security support document, the update addresses a half-dozen security vulnerabilities, two of which are specific to Windows affecting CoreGraphics and ImageIO and the remainder affecting Safari and WebKit on all platforms.