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Secunia Research: Apple QuickTime PICT Image Parsing Buffer Overflow
From: Secunia Research <remove-vuln_at_nospam>Date: Tue Jun 10 2008 - 07:05:29 GMT
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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.
2) Severity
Rating: Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: Remote
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/
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.
5) Solution
Update to QuickTime 7.5.
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.
8) References
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned CVE-2008-1581 for the vulnerability.
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- Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-9/
Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/