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Vulnerability Note VU#150753

Apple QuickTime TIFF image "StripByteCounts" integer overflow

Overview

Apple QuickTime contains an integer overflow vulnerability in the handling of TIFF images, which may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service on a vulnerable system.

I. Description

Apple's QuickTime Player is multimedia software that allows users to view local and remote audio, video, and image content. QuickTime contains an integer overflow vulnerability in code that handles the StripByteCounts tag in Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) images.

This vulnerability may be triggered by using the QuickTime Player or an application that uses the QuickTime plug-in, such as a web browser.

Note that this issue affects QuickTime installations on both Apple Mac and Windows operating systems.

II. Impact

A remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service if the user is persuaded to view a specially crafted TIFF file.

III. Solution

Install an update

Apple has addressed this issue with QuickTime 7.0.4, as specified in Apple Support Document 303101.

Systems Affected

VendorStatusDate NotifiedDate Updated
Apple Computer, Inc.Vulnerable11-Jan-2006

References


http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303101
http://secunia.com/advisories/18370/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16202
http://www.osvdb.org/displayvuln.php?osvdb_id=22337

Credit

This vulnerability was reported by Apple Product Security, who in turn credit Dejun Meng of Fortinet.

This document was written by Will Dormann.

Other Information

Date Public:2006-01-10
Date First Published:2006-01-11
Date Last Updated:2006-01-13
CERT Advisory: 
CVE-ID(s):CVE-2005-3710
NVD-ID(s):CVE-2005-3710
US-CERT Technical Alerts: 
Metric:32.63
Document Revision:13

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