Apple QuickTime 7.3.1.70 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple QuickTime 7.3.1.70 and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-0033. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple QuickTime 7.3.1.70 (Multimedia Player Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in Apple QuickTime before 7.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application termination) and execute arbitrary code via a movie file with Image Descriptor (IDSC) atoms containing an invalid atom size, which triggers memory corruption.

The bug was discovered 01/15/2008. The weakness was disclosed 01/15/2008 by Cody Pierce with TippingPoint (Website). The advisory is available at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-0033 since 01/03/2008. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 29983 (QuickTime < 7.4 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 115689 (Apple QuickTime 7.4 Not Installed).

Upgrading to version 7.3.1.70 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 5885.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (39697), Tenable (29983), SecurityFocus (BID 27299†), OSVDB (40897†) and Secunia (SA28502†). The entries VDB-3549, VDB-3551, VDB-3550 and VDB-3548 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 29983
Nessus Name: QuickTime < 7.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: QuickTime 7.3.1.70
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Cody Pierce
Organization: TippingPoint
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-0033 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-0033
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-40562
X-Force: 39697
SecurityFocus: 27299 - Apple QuickTime Image Descriptor (IDSC) Atom Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 28502
OSVDB: 40897 - Apple - QuickTime - Image Descriptor (IDSC) Atom Remote Memory Corruption Issue
SecurityTracker: 1019221
Vulnerability Center: 17390 - Apple QuickTime before 7.4 Remote Code Execution via Movie File with Crafted IDSC Atoms, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-0148

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 08/03/2019 17:57
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (76), 08/03/2019 17:57 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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