Apple Mac OS X up to 10.6.2 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.6.2. The impacted element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2010-0520. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.6.2 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. 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:

Heap-based buffer overflow in QuickTimeAuthoring.qtx in QuickTime in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted FLC file, related to crafted DELTA_FLI chunks and untrusted length values in a .fli file, which are not properly handled during decompression.

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 available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-0520. 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 by Abysssec in Python and been published 7 months after the advisory. 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 45372 (Mac OS X 10.6.x < 10.6.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities), 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (15035), Tenable (45372), SecurityFocus (BID 39152†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-25290†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-50877, VDB-52475, VDB-52474 and VDB-52473. 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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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Abysssec
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Nessus ID: 45372
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.6.x < 10.6.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS Name: get_kb_item(ssh/login/osx_name
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.6.0

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02/03/2010 🔍
03/29/2010 +54 days 🔍
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04/06/2010 +7 days 🔍
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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-2010-0520 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0520
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-52466

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SecurityFocus: 39152 - Apple QuickTime FLC Encoded '.fli' Movie File Remote Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 25290 - QuickTime in Apple MacOS X Remote Arbitrary Code Execution via Crafted Movie File with FLC encoding, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 02/02/2025 04:02
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (63), 02/22/2017 13:32 (18), 09/06/2021 10:56 (4), 09/06/2021 11:02 (1), 06/17/2024 18:17 (15), 02/02/2025 04:02 (2)
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