Apple QuickTime H.264 buffer overflow
| quicktime-h264-bo (26396) |  High Risk |
Description:
Apple QuickTime is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper handling of malformed H.264 movie files. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted H.264 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.
- US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA06-132B, Apple QuickTime Vulnerabilities at http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-132B.html.
- ZDI-06-015, Apple QuickTime H.264 Parsing Heap Overflow Vulnerability at http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-015.html.
- BID-17953: Apple QuickTime Multiple Integer and Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-1463: Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a H.264 (M4V) video format file with a certain modified size value.
- 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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