Apple QuickTime FLIC movie buffer overflow

quicktime-flic-bo (28930)

High Risk

Description:

Apple QuickTime is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking of the COLOR_64 chunk in a FLIC movie file. By creating a malicious FLIC file and persuading a victim to open the file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and cause the victim's QuickTime application to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code on the victim's system with the privileges of the user. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending the malicious file as an email or attachment or hosting it on a Web site.

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
• Apple, QuickTime 7.1
• Apple, QuickTime 7.1.1
• Apple, QuickTime 7.1.2
• Gentoo, Linux

Remedy:

Apply the Apple QuickTime 7.1.3 Update, available from the Apple Web site. See References.

Consequences:

Gain Access

References:

• Apple QuickTime 7.1.3 Update, About the security content of QuickTime 7.1.3 at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304357.
• BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Sep 15 2006 - 11:07:11 CDT , [Reversemode Advisory] Apple Quicktime FLIC File Heap Overflow at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-09/0262.html.
• Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Wed Sep 13 2006 - 11:56:06 CDT, Multiple Vulnerabilities in Apple QuickTime at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-09/0233.html.
• iDEFENSE ADVISORY: 09.12.06, Apple QuickTime FLIC File Heap Overflow Vulnerability at http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=413.
• US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA06-256A, Technical Cyber Security Alert TA06-256A at http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-256A.html.
• BID-19976: Apple QuickTime Multiple Overflow and Exception Vulnerabilities
• CVE-2006-4384: Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.1.3 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the COLOR_64 chunk in a FLIC (FLC) movie.
• GLSA-200803-08: Win32 binary codecs: Multiple vulnerabilities
• OSVDB ID: 28771: Apple QuickTime FLC Movie COLOR_64 Chunk Overflow
• SA21893: Apple QuickTime Multiple Vulnerabilities
• SECTRACK ID: 1016830: QuickTime Overflows in Processing H.264, QuickTime, FLC, FlashPix and SGI Files Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
• US-CERT VU#489836: Apple QuickTime fails to properly handle FLC movies
• VUPEN/ADV-2006-3577: Apple QuickTime Media Files Handling Buffer and Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Reported:

Sep 12, 2006

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