TippingPoint Zero Day Initiative

Apple QuickTime Uncompressedfile Opcode Stack Overflow Vulnerability

ZDI-07-068: November 5th, 2007

CVE ID

Affected Vendors

Affected Products

Vulnerability Details

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Apple QuickTime. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must open a malicious image file.

The specific flaw exists in the parsing of the pict file format. If an invalid length is specified for the UncompressedQuickTimeData opcode, a stack based buffer overflow occurs, allowing the execution of arbitrary code.

Vendor Response

Apple has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:

Disclosure Timeline

    2007-09-14 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
    2007-11-05 - Coordinated public release of advisory

Credit

This vulnerability was discovered by:
    Ruben Santamarta of reversemode.com