Apple QuickTime up to 7.1.2 integer coercion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple QuickTime up to 7.1.2. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in integer coercion. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2006-4386. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple QuickTime up to 7.1.2 (Multimedia Player Software). This affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a integer coercion vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-192. Integer coercion refers to a set of flaws pertaining to the type casting, extension, or truncation of primitive data types. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Integer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.1.3 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted H.264 movie, a different issue than CVE-2006-4381.

The bug was discovered 09/12/2006. The weakness was shared 09/12/2006 by Mike Price, Piotr Bania and Sowhat with McAfee AVERT Labs (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-4386 since 08/28/2006. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is shared for download 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 to version 7.1.3 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability. 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 (28934), Tenable (22885), SecurityFocus (BID 19976†), OSVDB (28773†) and Secunia (SA21893†). The entries VDB-2533, VDB-2530, VDB-2529 and VDB-2531 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Integer coercion
CWE: CWE-192 / CWE-189
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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
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: win32-codecs
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: QuickTime 7.1.3
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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Mike Price, Piotr Bania, Sowhat
Organization: McAfee AVERT Labs
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-4386 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-4386
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-32229
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X-Force: 28934
SecurityFocus: 19976 - Apple QuickTime Multiple Overflow and Exception Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 21893 - Apple QuickTime Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 28773 - Apple QuickTime H.264 Movie Handling Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1016830
Vulnerability Center: 12698 - Apple QuickTime User-Assisted Code Execution via Crafted H.264 Movie, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-3577

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/12/2015 15:51
Updated: 06/16/2025 11:05
Changes: 03/12/2015 15:51 (93), 06/25/2019 12:08 (3), 01/13/2025 15:25 (17), 06/16/2025 11:05 (2)
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