Apple QuickTime QTIF file buffer overflow
| quicktime-qtif-file-bo (32826) |  High Risk |
Description:
Apple QuickTime is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper handling of malformed QTIF files. By creating a malicious QTIF file containing a specially-crafted Video Sample Description and persuading a victim to open the file, a remote attacker could corrupt memory 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 attachment or hosting it on a Web site.
Platforms Affected:
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.3.9
- Microsoft, Windows Vista
Remedy:
Apply the Apple QuickTime 7.1.5 Update, available from the Apple Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- iDefense Labs PUBLIC ADVISORY: 03.05.07, Apple QuickTime Color Table ID Heap Corruption Vulnerability at http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=486.
- QuickTime 7.1.5 Update, About the security content of QuickTime 7.1.5 at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305149.
- BID-22827: Apple QuickTime Multiple Unspecified Code Execution Vulnerabilities
- BID-22839: Apple QuickTime Color Table ID Heap Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-0718: Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.1.5 allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a QTIF file with a Video Sample Description containing a Color table ID of 0, which triggers memory corruption when QuickTime assumes that a color table exists.
- SA24359: Apple QuickTime Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1017725: QuickTime Buffer Overflows and Integer Overflows in Processing 3GP, MIDI, Quicktime movie, PICT , and QTIF Files Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- US-CERT VU#313225: Apple QuickTime QTIF heap buffer overflow
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-0825: Apple QuickTime Multiple File Format Handling Remote Command Execution Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Mar 05, 2007
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