Apple Mac OS X up to 10.9.4 QT Media Foundation memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.9.4. Affected is an unknown function of the component QT Media Foundation. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2014-1391. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.9.4 (Operating System). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component QT Media Foundation. The manipulation 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, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

QT Media Foundation in Apple OS X before 10.9.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted movie file with RLE encoding.

The weakness was published 09/17/2014 by Fernando Munoz, Tom Gallagher and Paul Bates (rgod) as HT6443 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2014-1391 since 01/08/2014. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 78678 (QuickTime < 7.7.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Windows)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 122785 (Apple QuickTime Prior to 7.7.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (HT6493)).

Upgrading to version 10.9.5 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (96049), Tenable (78678), SecurityFocus (BID 68852†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-46213†). Similar entries are available at VDB-67237, VDB-67579, VDB-67586 and VDB-67585. 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: 78678
Nessus Name: QuickTime < 7.7.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Windows)
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-05 October-15
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.9.5

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT6443
Researcher: Fernando Munoz, Tom Gallagher, Paul Bates (rgod)
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CVE: CVE-2014-1391 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-1391
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-67660

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X-Force: 96049
SecurityFocus: 68852 - Apple QuickTime 'mvhd' Atom Heap Memory Corruption Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1030868
Vulnerability Center: 46213 - Apple MacOS X and QuickTime Remote DoS or Code Execution via Movie File - CVE-2014-1391, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/23/2014 13:06
Updated: 02/20/2022 19:38
Changes: 09/23/2014 13:06 (72), 06/06/2017 08:42 (10), 02/20/2022 19:30 (3), 02/20/2022 19:38 (1)
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