Vulnerability Note VU#921193

Apple QuickTime fails to properly handle corrupt media files

Overview

Apple QuickTime contains a heap overflow vulnerability in the handling of media files 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 a heap overflow vulnerability in code that handles the stsd atom of a media file.

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 media 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

Vendor	Status	Date Updated
Apple Computer, Inc.	Vulnerable	11-Jan-2006

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303101
http://www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20060111a.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/18370/

Credit

This vulnerability was reported by Apple Product Security, who in turn credit Karl Lynn of eEye Digital Security.

This document was written by Will Dormann.

Other Information

Date Public	01/10/2006
Date First Published	01/11/2006 12:02:05 PM
Date Last Updated	01/12/2006
CERT Advisory
CVE Name	CVE-2005-4092
US-CERT Technical Alerts
Metric	43.88
Document Revision	13

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