Yet another CFImage bug

Sorry for the sarcastic title, but this is the third major
CFImage bug I've found in 2 weeks.... I love ColdFusion, but this
is getting ridiculous.
The error occurs when writing a JPG file to disk using
cfImage action="write". In our scenario, the file is uploaded by a
user, then read in using cfimage action="read". The error below
occurs when the file is written.
The following image will cause the error:
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/7003/024nt5.jpg
Error:
javax.imageio.IIOException: Quantization table 0x02 was not
defined at
com.sun.imageio.plugins.jpeg.JPEGImageWriter.writeImage(Native
Method) at
com.sun.imageio.plugins.jpeg.JPEGImageWriter.write(JPEGImageWriter.java:996)
at coldfusion.image.ImageWriter.writeJPeg(ImageWriter.java:60) at
coldfusion.image.ImageWriter.writeImage(ImageWriter.java:119) at
coldfusion.image.Image.write(Image.java:578) at
coldfusion.tagext.io.ImageTag.performWrite(ImageTag.java:593)
If someone can please verify it that would be great.
One note, I have not installed the patch recommended for one
of the other issues, located here:
http://www.adobe.com/go/kb403411
The patch notes didn't make any mention of this problem, and
I haven't had a chance to test it yet.

markthickpaddy,
There were a total of four issues, across several different
threads:
1. Quantization table 0x02 was not defined (this thread)
2. Image files locked on error (this thread)
3. Missing Huffman code table entry
4. Files get locked by cfimage, can't delete them
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?forumid=1&catid=7&threadid=13 55060
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?forumid=1&catid=3&threadid=13 56442
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?forumid=1&catid=7&threadid=13 55471
So far the updated hotfix (dated 05/07/2008) has fixed all
(4) of the issues for me. I noticed hans blix marked all of his
threads as answered. So I would guess the hotfix worked for him as
well, but confirm it with him.

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