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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:05:27 +0200 From: Secunia Research <remove-vuln@...unia.com> To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk Subject: Secunia Research: Apple QuickTime PICT Image Parsing Buffer Overflow ====================================================================== Secunia Research 10/06/2008 - Apple QuickTime PICT Image Parsing Buffer Overflow - ====================================================================== 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 ====================================================================== 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. ====================================================================== 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. ====================================================================== 9) About Secunia Secunia offers vulnerability management solutions to corporate customers with verified and reliable vulnerability intelligence relevant to their specific system configuration: http://corporate.secunia.com/ Secunia also provides a publicly accessible and comprehensive advisory database as a service to the security community and private individuals, who are interested in or concerned about IT-security. http://secunia.com/ Secunia believes that it is important to support the community and to do active vulnerability research in order to aid improving the security and reliability of software in general: http://corporate.secunia.com/secunia_research/33/ Secunia regularly hires new skilled team members. Check the URL below to see currently vacant positions: http://secunia.com/secunia_vacancies/ Secunia offers a FREE mailing list called Secunia Security Advisories: http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/ ====================================================================== 10) 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/ ====================================================================== _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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