Apple QuickTime FlashPix image integer overflow
| quicktime-flashpix-overflow (26398) |  High Risk |
Description:
Apple QuickTime is vulnerable to an integer overflow, caused by improper handling of malformed FlashPix (FPX) image files. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted FPX file to execute arbitrary code on a victim's system or cause the victim's QuickTime application to crash.
*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:
Apply the Apple QuickTime 7.1 Update, available from the Apple Web site. See References.
References:
- Apple QuickTime 7.1 Update: About the security content of the QuickTime 7.1 Update .
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri May 12 2006 - 11:39:00 CDT: Apple QuickDraw/QuickTime Multiple Vulnerabilities.
- eEye Digital Security Advisory AD20060511: Apple QuickTime FPX Integer Overflow.
- US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA06-132B: Apple QuickTime Vulnerabilities.
- BID-17074: Apple QuickTime/iTunes Integer And Heap Overflow Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-1249: Integer overflow in Apple QuickTime Player 7.0.3 and 7.0.4 and iTunes 6.0.1 and 6.0.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a FlashPix (FPX) image that contains a field that specifies a large number of blocks.
- 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
- US-CERT VU#570689: Apple QuickTime FlashPix integer overflow
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-1778: Apple QuickTime Multiple Remote Buffer and Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities
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
Reported:
May 11, 2006
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