Apple iTunes music file buffer overflow
| itunes-music-file-bo (36485) |  High 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.
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
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Apple iTunes (7.4 or later), available from the Apple Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Apple Web site, About the security content of iTunes 7.4 at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306404.
- iSEC Partners Security Advisory - 2007-005-itunes, iTunes 7.3.x - Heap overflow in album cover parsing at https://www.isecpartners.com/advisories/2007-005-itunes.txt.
- 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
Reported:
Sep 05, 2007
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