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Secunia Research 10/06/2008
- Apple QuickTime PICT Image Parsing Buffer Overflow -
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Table of Contents
Affected Software....................................................1
Severity.............................................................2
Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3
Description of Vulnerability.........................................4
Solution.............................................................5
Time Table...........................................................6
Credits..............................................................7
References...........................................................8
About Secunia........................................................9
Verification........................................................10
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1) Affected Software
* Apple QuickTime 7.4.5
NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.
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2) Severity
Rating: Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: Remote
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3) Vendor's Description of Software
"Whether you are creating content for delivery on cell phones,
broadcast or the Internet, or a software developer looking to take
your application to the next level, QuickTime provides the most
comprehensive platform in the industry."
Product Link:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/
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4) Description of Vulnerability
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Apple Quicktime
which can be exploited by malicious people to potentially compromise
a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when parsing
packed scanlines from a PixData structure in a PICT file and can be
exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via e.g. viewing a
specially crafted image file.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
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5) Solution
Update to QuickTime 7.5.
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6) Time Table
10/03/2008 - Vendor notified.
13/03/2008 - Vendor response.
10/06/2008 - Public disclosure.
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7) Credits
Discovered by Dyon Balding, Secunia Research.
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8) References
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2008-1581 for the vulnerability.
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10) Verification
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