On Tuesday, software giant Microsoft released version 11.4 of its Office 2004 for Mac productivity suite. The new version, a 12.3 megabyte download, repairs a vulnerability in which an attacker could overwrite the contents of a computer's memory with malicious code.

The update can be downloaded directly from Microsoft's web site as well as through the Microsoft AutoUpdate application, which is typically found in Mac OS X's Applications folder after the software has been installed.

Microsoft Office 2004 requires Mac OS X 10.2.8 or later to run and varies in price depending on the version purchased.