38544 : Apple QuickTime Movie File CTAB Handling Overflow
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about 1 year ago

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Disclosure
Nov 05, 2007

Discovery
Unknown

Dates

Exploit
Unknown

Solution
Unknown

Keywords

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Description

 A remote overflow exists in Apple QuickTime Player. The media player fails to provide adequate bounds checking on the color table atom contained in a movie resulting in a heap-based overflow. With a specially crafted request, an attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of confidentiality, integrity, and/or availability.

Classification

 Location: Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Unavailable
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

 Upgrade to version 7.3 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products
Apple Computer, Inc.
Watch-list
QuickTime Player
Watch-list
 7.1.6

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Blogs

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2007/11/06 12:34:38 | Permanent Link to "QuickTime 7.3"

from: Visible Procrastinations

QuickTime 7.3 Published November 6th, 2007 apple , patch , security 1 Comment QuickTime 7.3 addresses critical security issues - seven bugs squished in this release; QuickTime 7.3 * QuickTime CVE-ID: CVE-2007-2395 Available for: Mac OS X v10.3.9, Mac OS X v10.4.9 or later, Mac OS X v10

2007/11/06 09:49:20 | CyTRAP Labs reminder - update Quicktime (iTunes)

from: CyTRAP Labs - Wincurity - smarter protection

CyTRAP Labs reminder - update Quicktime (iTunes) November 6th, 2007 Apple has issued an important security patch for Quicktime that fixes several critical vulnerabilities (Please click on the link, choose Login as guest - click on this link again and voila free access)

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