Apple QuickTime movie file buffer overflow
| quicktime-mov-bo (26393) |  High Risk |
Description:
Apple QuickTime is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper handling of malformed QuickTime movie files. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted movie file to execute arbitrary code on a victim's system or cause the victim's QuickTime application to crash.
Platforms Affected:
- Apple, QuickTime 7.0
- Apple, QuickTime 7.0.1
- Apple, QuickTime 7.0.2
- Apple, QuickTime 7.0.3
- Apple, QuickTime 7.0.4
- Apple, QuickTime 7.0.8
Remedy:
Apply the Apple QuickTime 7.1 Update, available from the Apple Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Apple QuickTime 7.1 Update, About the security content of the QuickTime 7.1 Update at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303752.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri May 12 2006 - 11:39:00 CDT, Apple QuickDraw/QuickTime Multiple Vulnerabilities at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-05/0229.html.
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Thu May 11 2006 - 22:05:10 CDT, Apple QuickTime udta ATOM Heap Overflow at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-05/0304.html.
- US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA06-132B, Apple QuickTime Vulnerabilities at http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-132B.html.
- BID-17953: Apple QuickTime Multiple Integer and Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-1460: Multiple buffer overflows in Apple QuickTime before 7.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted QuickTime movie (.MOV), as demonstrated via a large size for a udta Atom.
- SA20069: QuickTime Multiple Code Execution Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1016067: Apple QuickTime Buffer Overflows in Processing JPEG/BMP/FlashPix/PICT Images and QuickTime/AVI/MPEG4/Flash Movies Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-1778: Apple QuickTime Multiple Remote Buffer and Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Reported:
May 11, 2006
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