Apple QuickTime Atom mvhd memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Apple QuickTime. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Atom Handler. This manipulation of the argument mvhd causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2014-4979. No exploit exists. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple QuickTime (Multimedia Player Software) (affected version not known). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Atom Handler. The manipulation of the argument mvhd with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Apple QuickTime allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a malformed version number and flags in an mvhd atom.

The weakness was disclosed 07/23/2014 by Andrea Micalizzi (rgod) as ZDI-14-264 as confirmed advisory (Website) via ZDI (Zero Day Initiative). The advisory is shared at zerodayinitiative.com. The public release happened without involvement of Apple. The advisory contains:

This vulnerability is being disclosed publicly without a patch in accordance with the ZDI 180 day deadline.
This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-4979 since 07/16/2014. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/13/2019).

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 215 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 77748 (Mac OS X 10.9.x < 10.9.5 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 and running in the context c. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 122785 (Apple QuickTime Prior to 7.7.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (HT6493)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published 3 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (77748), SecurityFocus (BID 68852†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1030638†). The entries VDB-67579, VDB-67586, VDB-67585 and VDB-67595 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 77748
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.9.x < 10.9.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 870096
OpenVAS Name: Apple QuickTime Multiple Vulnerabilities-HT203092 (Windows)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: ZDI-14-264
Researcher: Andrea Micalizzi (rgod)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-4979 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-4979
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-67237
SecurityFocus: 68852 - Apple QuickTime 'mvhd' Atom Heap Memory Corruption Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1030638

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/25/2014 18:59
Updated: 04/13/2019 09:39
Changes: 07/25/2014 18:59 (77), 04/13/2019 09:39 (8)
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Cache ID: 216:464:103

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