Apple QuickTime up to 7.5 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Apple QuickTime. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2008-3635. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple QuickTime (Multimedia Player Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Stack-based buffer overflow in QuickTimeInternetExtras.qtx in an unspecified third-party Indeo v3.2 (aka IV32) codec for QuickTime, when used with Apple QuickTime before 7.5.5 on Windows, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted movie file.

The bug was discovered 09/09/2008. The weakness was published 09/10/2008 by Roee Hay (TippingPoint) with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative (Website). The advisory is available at zerodayinitiative.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-3635 since 08/12/2008. 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 was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 34119 (QuickTime < 7.5.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Windows)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115937 (Apple QuickTime 7.5.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 7.4.5 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 6169.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (44996), Tenable (34119), SecurityFocus (BID 31086†), OSVDB (48027†) and Secunia (SA31821†). Similar entries are available at VDB-3829, VDB-3830, VDB-3832 and VDB-3827. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 34119
Nessus Name: QuickTime < 7.5.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Windows)
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OpenVAS ID: 900121
OpenVAS Name: Apple QuickTime Movie/PICT/QTVR Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: QuickTime 7.4.5
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: zerodayinitiative.com
Researcher: Roee Hay (TippingPoint)
Organization: TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-3635 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-3635
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-43970
X-Force: 44996
SecurityFocus: 31086 - Apple QuickTime Movie/PICT/QTVR Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 31821
OSVDB: 48027 - CVE-2008-3635 - Apple - QuickTime - Buffer Overflow Issue
SecurityTracker: 1020841
Vulnerability Center: 19442 - Apple QuickTime < 7.5.5 QuickTimeInternetExtras.qtx Stack-Based Buffer Overflow, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-2527

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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/16/2019 18:28
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (78), 08/16/2019 18:28 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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