Apple QuickTime up to 7.5.5 memory corruption

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A vulnerability has been found in Apple QuickTime (Multimedia Player Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application termination) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a QuickTime movie file containing invalid image width data in JPEG atoms within STSD atoms.

The bug was discovered 01/21/2009. The weakness was presented 01/21/2009 by TippingPoint with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-0007 since 12/15/2008. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 35436 (QuickTime < 7.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116148 (Apple QuickTime 7.6 Not Installed).

Upgrading to version 7.5.5 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 11 hours after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 6254.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (48160) and Tenable (35436). See 46002, 46001, 46000 and 45999 for similar entries.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 35436
Nessus Name: QuickTime < 7.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)
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OpenVAS ID: 900074
OpenVAS Name: Apple QuickTime Multiple Vulnerabilities - Jan09 (Win)
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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: TippingPoint
Organization: TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative
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CVE: CVE-2009-0007 (🔍)
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X-Force: 48160
Vulnerability Center: 20634 - Apple QuickTime 7.0 - 7.5.5 Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Remote DoS via a Crafted JPEG Atoms, Medium
SecurityFocus: 33390 - Apple QuickTime 'jpeg' Atoms Movie File Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 33632
OSVDB: 51530 - Apple QuickTime Crafted JPEG Atom QuickTime Movie File Handling Overflow
Vupen: ADV-2009-0212

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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/26/2019 09:28
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (90), 08/26/2019 09:28 (1)
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