Apple iTunes music file buffer overflow

itunes-music-file-bo (36485) The risk level is classified as HighHigh Risk

Description:

Apple iTunes is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking when handling album cover art embedded in a media file. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted music file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with the privileges of the victim or cause the application to crash.

*CVSS:

Base Score: 7.6
  Access Vector: Network
  Access Complexity: High
  Authentication: None
  Confidentiality Impact: Complete
  Integrity Impact: Complete
  Availability Impact: Complete
 
Temporal Score: 5.6
  Exploitability: Unproven
  Remediation Level: Official-Fix
  Report Confidence: Confirmed

Consequences:

Gain Access

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of Apple iTunes (7.4 or later), available from the Apple Web site. See References.

References:

  • Apple Web site: About the security content of iTunes 7.4.
  • iSEC Partners Security Advisory - 2007-005-itunes: iTunes 7.3.x - Heap overflow in album cover parsing.
  • BID-25567: Apple iTunes Malformed Music File Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
  • CVE-2007-3752: Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple iTunes before 7.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via crafted album cover art in the covr atom of an MP4/AAC file.
  • SA26725: Apple iTunes "covr" Atom Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
  • SECTRACK ID: 1018658: iTunes Buffer Overflow in Processing Album Cover Artwork Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
  • VUPEN/ADV-2007-3073: Apple iTunes Album Cover Art Parsing Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Platforms Affected:

  • Apple iTunes 7
  • Apple iTunes 7.0.1
  • Apple iTunes 7.0.2
  • Apple iTunes 7.1.1
  • Apple iTunes 7.2
  • Apple iTunes 7.3
  • Apple iTunes 7.3.1
  • Apple iTunes 7.3.2
  • Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9
  • Apple Mac OS X 10.4.7
  • Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.10
  • Microsoft Windows 2000
  • Microsoft Windows 2003 Server
  • Microsoft Windows Vista
  • Microsoft Windows XP x86

Reported:

Sep 05, 2007

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