Apple QuickTime 7.5.5 Check_stack_cookie memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple QuickTime 7.5.5. It has been classified as critical. This affects the function Check_stack_cookie. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-4116. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple QuickTime 7.5.5 (Multimedia Player Software) and classified as very critical. Affected by this issue is the function Check_stack_cookie. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime 7.5.5 and iTunes 8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long type attribute in a quicktime tag (1) on a web page or embedded in a (2) .mp4 or (3) .mov file, possibly related to the Check_stack_cookie function and an off-by-one error that leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

The bug was discovered 08/17/2008. The weakness was presented 09/18/2008 by securfrog (Website). The advisory is available at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-4116 since 09/17/2008. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/26/2025).

A public exploit has been developed in Perl. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 32 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115958 (Apple QuickTime Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Zero Day).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (45311), Exploit-DB (6471), SecurityFocus (BID 31212†), OSVDB (49589†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-19598†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Researcher: securfrog
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-4116 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4116
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44078

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X-Force: 45311
SecurityFocus: 31212 - Apple QuickTime Filetype Remote Off-By-One Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: 49589 - CVE-2008-4116 - Apple - QuickTime and iTunes - Buffer Overflow Issue
Vulnerability Center: 19598 - Apple QuickTime 7.5.5 and iTunes 8.0 Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Allows Remote Code Execution or DoS, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 05/26/2025 01:30
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (67), 08/17/2019 16:46 (5), 11/04/2024 07:31 (20), 05/26/2025 01:30 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:331:103

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