Misplaced pixel in critical hit particle texture

The bug

Ever since the introduction of the critical hit ("crit") particle in Minecraft Beta 1.8 (released in September 2011), it has had a misplaced pixel on the right side of its texture making it asymmetrical.

Images

How critical_hit.png looks in Minecraft assets:

Fix

Although this is easy to fix yourself, here's a fix for the texture, if it is of any help: