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Vulnerability Note VU#582681

Apple QuickTime fails to properly handle malformed movie files

Overview

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

I. Description

Apple QuickTime is multimedia software that allows users to view local and remote audio, video, and image content. An unspecified memory corruption vulnerability exists in the way QuickTime handles malformed movie files. This vulnerability can be triggered by accessing a specially crafted movie file with QuickTime, or an application that uses the QuickTime plug-in.

Note that this issue affects QuickTime installations on both Apple Mac and Microsoft 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 QuickTime

Apple has addressed this issue with QuickTime 7.2 as specified in Apple Support Document 305947.

Disable QuickTime in your web browser

An attacker may be able to exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user to access a specially crafted file with a web browser. Disabling QuickTime in your web browser will defend against this attack vector. For more information, refer to the Securing Your Web Browser document.

Systems Affected

VendorStatusDate NotifiedDate Updated
Apple Computer, Inc.Vulnerable12-Jul-2007

References


http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305947

Credit

This issue was reported in Apple Support Document 305947. Apple credits Jonathan 'Wolf' Rentzsch of Red Shed Software for reporting this issue.

This document was written by Jeff Gennari.

Other Information

Date Public:2007-07-11
Date First Published:2007-07-12
Date Last Updated:2007-07-13
CERT Advisory: 
CVE-ID(s):CVE-2007-2392
NVD-ID(s):CVE-2007-2392
US-CERT Technical Alerts: 
Metric:8.66
Document Revision:8

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