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Apple QuickTime AVC1 Atom Parsing Heap Overflow Vulnerability

ZDI-08-060: September 9th, 2008

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Vulnerability Details

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

The specific flaw exists in the parsing of AVC1 atoms. An integer overflow condition is present that can result in a heap chunk being under-allocated. This heap corruption can be further leveraged to execute arbitrary code under the context of the current user.

Vendor Response

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

Disclosure Timeline

    2008-05-15 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
    2008-09-09 - Coordinated public release of advisory

Credit

This vulnerability was discovered by:
    Anonymous