Apple QuickTime JPEG image buffer overflow
| quicktime-jpeg-bo (24054) |  High Risk |
Description:
Apple QuickTime is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow. By creating a malicious JPEG image, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system, once the malicious image is viewed in QuickTime.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 5.6 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 4.1 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of QuickTime (7.0.4 later), available from the Apple Security Updates Web page. See References.
References:
- Apple Security Update QuickTime 7.0.4: About the security content of QuickTime 7.0.4.
- Apple Security Updates Web Page: Apple security updates.
- CIRT Danish Computer Incident Response Team Security Advisory: Apple QuickTime JPEG/PICT Overflow.
- eEye Digital Security Advisory AD20060111c: Apple QuickTime QTIF Stack Overflow.
- BID-16202: RETIRED: Apple QuickTime Multiple Code Execution Vulnerabilities
- BID-16212: Apple QuickTime PictureViewer JPEG/PICT File Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- BID-16852: Apple QuickTime QTIF Image Processing Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2005-2340: Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple Quicktime before 7.0.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) QuickTime Image File (QTIF), (2) PICT, or (3) JPEG format image with a long data field.
- OSVDB ID: 22333: Apple QuickTime QTIF Processing Overflow
- OSVDB ID: 22334: Apple QuickTime PICT Processing Overflow
- OSVDB ID: 22335: Apple QuickTime JPEG Processing data Field Overflow
- SA18370: QuickTime Multiple Image/Media File Handling Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1015463: Apple QuickTime QTIF Buffer Overflow May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- US-CERT VU#629845: Apple QuickTime image handling buffer overflow
- US-CERT VU#687201: Apple QuickTime and iTunes QTIF image buffer overflow
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-0128: Apple QuickTime Player Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Apple QuickTime 7.0
- Apple QuickTime 7.0.1
- Apple QuickTime 7.0.2
- Apple QuickTime 7.0.3
Reported:
Jan 10, 2006
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