Apple QuickTime up to 7.1.4 heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apple QuickTime up to 7.1.4. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2007-0713. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple QuickTime up to 7.1.4 (Multimedia Player Software). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. 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 integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.1.5 allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted QuickTime movie file.

The bug was discovered 03/05/2007. The weakness was presented 03/05/2007 by Piotr Bania (Website). The advisory is shared for download at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-0713 since 02/05/2007. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 24762 (Quicktime < 7.1.5 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 115523 (Apple QuickTime Multiple Vulnerabilities (APPLE-SA-2007-03-05)).

Upgrading to version 7.1.5 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (32817), Tenable (24762), SecurityFocus (BID 22843†), OSVDB (33903†) and Secunia (SA24359†). See VDB-2561, VDB-2972, VDB-34241 and VDB-35413 for similar entries. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 24762
Nessus Name: Quicktime < 7.1.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: QuickTime 7.1.5
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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Piotr Bania
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CVE: CVE-2007-0713 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-0713
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-35408
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X-Force: 32817
SecurityFocus: 22843 - Apple QuickTime MOV File Heap Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 24359 - Apple QuickTime Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 33903 - Apple - QuickTime - MOV File Heap Overflow Issue
SecurityTracker: 1017725
Vulnerability Center: 14570 - Apple QuickTime <7.1.5 Buffer Overflow via Crafted QuickTime movie Video File, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-0825

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Created: 03/13/2015 12:16
Updated: 01/12/2025 17:28
Changes: 03/13/2015 12:16 (82), 07/16/2019 12:19 (4), 01/12/2025 17:28 (17)
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