Vulnerability Note VU#587937

Apple QuickTime MPEG-4 movie buffer overflow

Overview

Apple QuickTime fails to properly handle MPEG-4 movie files. 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 a buffer overflow in the code that handles MPEG-4 movies. This vulnerability may be triggered by sending the QuickTime Player, or an application that uses the QuickTime plug-in, a specially crafted MPEG-4 movie 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 Updated
Apple Computer, Inc.	Vulnerable	17-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
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/technologies/mpeg4/

Credit

This issue was reported in the Apple Support Document 303752.

This document was written by Jeff Gennari.

Other Information

Date Public	05/11/2006
Date First Published	05/17/2006 05:19:29 PM
Date Last Updated	05/17/2006
CERT Advisory
CVE-ID(s)	CVE-2006-1464
NVD-ID(s)	CVE-2006-1464
US-CERT Technical Alerts
Metric	17.28
Document Revision	16

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