Apple iTunes AAC File Parsing Integer Overflow Vulnerability
ZDI-06-020: June 29th, 2006CVE ID
Affected Vendors
Affected Products
TippingPoint™ IPS Customer Protection
TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID 4282. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS:Vulnerability Details
This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Apple iTunes. Exploitation requires an attacker to convince a target user into opening a malicious play list file.
The specific flaw exists during the processing of malicious AAC media files such as those with extensions .M4A and .M4P. During the parsing of the sample table size atom (STSZ), a malformed 'sample_size_table' value can trigger an integer overflow leading to an exploitable memory corruption.
Vendor Response
Apple has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:Disclosure Timeline
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2006-04-07 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2006-06-29 - Coordinated public release of advisory
Credit
This vulnerability was discovered by:-
ATmaCA
