Vulnerability Note VU#289705

Apple Quicktime JPEG integer overflow

Overview

Apple QuickTime fails to properly handle JPEG images. This vulnerability may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition.

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 in code that handles JPEG images. This vulnerability may be triggered by sending the QuickTime Player, or an application that uses the QuickTime plug-in, a specially crafted JPEG image file.

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 condition.

III. Solution

Upgrade

Apple has addressed this issue with QuickTime 7.1, as specified in Apple Support Document 303752.

Systems Affected

Vendor	Status	Date Notified	Date Updated
Apple Computer, Inc.	Vulnerable	12-May-2006

References

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/byid?searchview&query=QuickTime_7.1
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime71.html
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303752

Credit

This issue was reported in the Apple Support Document 303752.

This document was written by Jeff Gennari.

Other Information

Date Public:	2006-05-11
Date First Published:	2006-05-12
Date Last Updated:	2006-05-17
CERT Advisory:
CVE-ID(s):	CVE-2006-1458
NVD-ID(s):	CVE-2006-1458
US-CERT Technical Alerts:
Metric:	17.71
Document Revision:	33

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