Apple QuickTime up to 7.7.8 Movie File memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple QuickTime up to 7.7.8. Affected is an unknown function of the component Movie File Handler. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2015-7089. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple QuickTime up to 7.7.8 (Multimedia Player Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Movie File Handler. 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:

Apple QuickTime before 7.7.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted movie file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7085, CVE-2015-7086, CVE-2015-7087, CVE-2015-7088, CVE-2015-7090, CVE-2015-7091, CVE-2015-7092, and CVE-2015-7117.

The weakness was presented 01/09/2016 by Ryan Pentney and Richard Johnson with Cisco Talos as HT205638 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-7089 since 09/16/2015. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 87848 (Apple QuickTime < 7.7.9 Multiple RCE (Windows)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 124436 (Apple QuickTime Prior to 7.7.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APPLE-SA-2016-01-07-1)).

Upgrading to version 7.7.9 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (87848) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-55546†). See VDB-80119, VDB-80120, VDB-80121 and VDB-80122 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 87848
Nessus Name: Apple QuickTime < 7.7.9 Multiple RCE (Windows)
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OpenVAS ID: 801680
OpenVAS Name: Apple QuickTime Multiple Vulnerabilities Jan16 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: QuickTime 7.7.9

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09/16/2015 🔍
01/07/2016 +113 days 🔍
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01/11/2016 +1 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT205638
Researcher: Ryan Pentney, Richard Johnson
Organization: Cisco Talos
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-7089 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-7089
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-80123
SecurityTracker: 1034610
Vulnerability Center: 55546 - Apple QuickTime <7.7.9 Remote Code Execution or Dos due to Memory Corruption - CVE-2015-7089, Medium

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Created: 01/10/2016 20:11
Updated: 07/02/2022 15:24
Changes: 01/10/2016 20:11 (75), 06/26/2018 08:57 (9), 07/02/2022 15:24 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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