Advisory Details

November 5th, 2007

Apple QuickTime Uncompressedfile Opcode Stack Overflow Vulnerability

ZDI-07-068
ZDI-CAN-242

CVE ID CVE-2007-4672
CVSS SCORE
AFFECTED VENDORS Apple
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Quicktime
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.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS Apple has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306896
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2007-09-14 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2007-11-05 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Ruben Santamarta of reversemode.com
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