Apple QuickTime up to 7.1.2 FLC Movie heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Apple QuickTime up to 7.1.2. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component FLC Movie Handler. The manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2006-4384. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple QuickTime up to 7.1.2 (Multimedia Player Software). This issue affects an unknown code of the component FLC Movie Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.1.3 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the COLOR_64 chunk in a FLIC (FLC) movie.

The bug was discovered 09/12/2006. The weakness was released 09/13/2006 by Mike Price and Ruben Santamarta (Sowhat) with McAfee AVERT Labs (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at docs.info.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-4384 since 08/28/2006. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22885 (FreeBSD : win32-codecs -- multiple vulnerabilities (24f6b1eb-43d5-11db-81e1-000e0c2e438a)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115408 (Apple QuickTime Multiple Vulnerabilities (APPLE-SA-2006-09-12)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at apple.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published 1 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 16041. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 11815.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (28930), Exploit-DB (28521), Tenable (22885), SecurityFocus (BID 19976†) and OSVDB (28771†). reversemode.com is providing further details. Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-2533, VDB-2530, VDB-2529 and VDB-2532. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 22885
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : win32-codecs -- multiple vulnerabilities (24f6b1eb-43d5-11db-81e1-000e0c2e438a)
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OpenVAS ID: 57374
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: apple.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: docs.info.apple.com⛔
Researcher: Mike Price, Ruben Santamarta (Sowhat)
Organization: McAfee AVERT Labs
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-4384 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-4384
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2531
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X-Force: 28930 - Apple QuickTime FLIC movie buffer overflow, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 19976 - Apple QuickTime Multiple Overflow and Exception Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 21893 - Apple QuickTime Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 28771 - Apple QuickTime FLC Movie COLOR_64 Chunk Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1016830
Vulnerability Center: 12696 - Apple QuickTime User-Assisted Code Execution via Crafted FLIC (FLC) Movie, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-3577

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

Created: 09/15/2006 12:05
Updated: 06/16/2025 11:05
Changes: 09/15/2006 12:05 (110), 06/25/2019 11:55 (3), 01/13/2025 15:25 (17), 05/31/2025 03:44 (1), 06/16/2025 11:05 (2)
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