Apple Mac OS X up to 10.6.2 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.6.2. It has been declared as critical. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2010-0059. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.6.2 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. 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:

CoreAudio in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via crafted audio content with QDM2 encoding, which triggers a buffer overflow due to inconsistent length fields, related to QDCA.

The weakness was released 03/30/2010 by Moritz Jodeit (TippingPoint) with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative as HT4077 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-0059. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in Python. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 45387 (QuickTime < 7.6.6 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117331 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2010-002 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2010-03-29-1)).

Upgrading to version 10.6.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9431.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (45387), SecurityFocus (BID 39152†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-25304†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-48189, VDB-49430, VDB-52475 and VDB-52474. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 45387
Nessus Name: QuickTime < 7.6.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.6.0
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT4077
Researcher: Moritz Jodeit (TippingPoint)
Organization: TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-0059 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0059
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-52436

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SecurityFocus: 39152 - Apple QuickTime FLC Encoded '.fli' Movie File Remote Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 25304 - CoreAudio in Apple MacOS X Remote Arbitrary Code Execution via a Crafted Audio with QDM2 Encoding, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 05/03/2026 21:28
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (67), 02/22/2017 16:34 (14), 09/06/2021 08:11 (4), 09/06/2021 08:14 (1), 05/03/2026 21:28 (15)
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