Apple QuickTime up to 7.6 AVI Movie nBlockAlign memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple QuickTime up to 7.6. It has been declared as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component AVI Movie Handler. The manipulation of the argument nBlockAlign results in memory corruption. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple QuickTime up to 7.6 (Multimedia Player Software). It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown processing of the component AVI Movie Handler. The manipulation of the argument nBlockAlign with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 01/22/2009 with Apple as HT3403 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at support.apple.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The entries VDB-3915, VDB-3916, VDB-3914 and VDB-3911 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: support.apple.com

Timelineinfo

01/22/2009 🔍
02/19/2009 +28 days 🔍
04/24/2018 +3351 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT3403
Organization: Apple
Status: Confirmed

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3912
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Entryinfo

Created: 02/19/2009 14:43
Updated: 04/24/2018 08:39
Changes: 02/19/2009 14:43 (49), 04/24/2018 08:39 (2)
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Committer: stfr
Cache ID: 216::103

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