Apple QuickTime GIF image buffer overflow
| quicktime-gif-bo (24060) |  High Risk |
Description:
Apple's QuickTime Player is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking of the Netscape Navigator Application Extension Block in a GIF image. By creating a malicious GIF image, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause a denial of service, once the malicious image is viewed in QuickTime.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 8 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Complete |
| Integrity Impact: | Complete |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
| Temporal Score: | 5.9 |
| 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.
- eEye Digital Security Advisory AD20060111d: Apple QuickTime Malformed GIF Heap Overflow.
- BID-16202: RETIRED: Apple QuickTime Multiple Code Execution Vulnerabilities
- BID-16864: Apple QuickTime GIF Image Processing Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2005-3713: Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple Quicktime before 7.0.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a GIF image file with a crafted Netscape Navigator Application Extension Block that modifies the heap in the Picture Modifier block.
- OSVDB ID: 22338: Apple QuickTime GIF Image Netscape Navigator Application Extension Block Overflow
- SA18370: QuickTime Multiple Image/Media File Handling Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1015466: Apple QuickTime GIF Buffer Overflow May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- US-CERT VU#913449: Apple QuickTime fails to properly handle corrupt GIF images
- 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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