Windows Phone 7 Still Suffers from Messaging Bug

I first reported on a massive security hole in Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 back on December 12th. The bug would cause a phone to crash, and lock the user out of the messaging hub if the user received a message with a specific string of characters. The message could be through nearly any messaging service, including text messages and Facebook messages. The only way to fix the problem was to wipe the device of all data, and reset it to factory settings.

On December 28th, a full 14 days after the bug was discovered, Microsoft claimed they were working on a fix for the problem. It's now January 5th, and 24 days have passed since the bug was revealed to the public (no one knows if Microsoft knew about it sooner). Yet, there is still no public fix from Microsoft. Yet, according to the developer who first found the bug, Microsoft is currently testing a possible fix.
It seems like a serious problem, but apparently it's just not serious enough for Microsoft.
via BGR