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

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.9.4. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component QT Media Foundation. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2014-4350. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.9.4 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component QT Media Foundation. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in QT Media Foundation in Apple OS X before 10.9.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted MIDI file.

The weakness was released 09/17/2014 by s3tm3m with Zero Day Initiative as HT6443 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-4350 since 06/20/2014. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

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. 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 (96050), Tenable (77748), SecurityFocus (BID 69908†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-46211†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-67237, VDB-67579, VDB-67586 and VDB-67585. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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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: 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: s3tm3m
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-4350 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-4350
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-67661

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X-Force: 96050
SecurityFocus: 69908 - Apple Mac OS X CVE-2014-4350 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1030868
Vulnerability Center: 46211 - Apple MacOS X and QuickTime Remote Code Execution via a Crafted MIDI File - CVE-2014-4350, 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 19:53
Changes: 09/23/2014 13:06 (71), 06/06/2017 08:42 (10), 02/20/2022 19:46 (3), 02/20/2022 19:53 (1)
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