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Apple QuickTime Player H.264 Parsing Heap Corruption Vulnerability

ZDI-08-061: September 9th, 2008

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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 visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.

The specific flaw exists in the parsing of MP4 video files in QuickTimeH264.qtx. A maliciously crafted MDAT atom can cause a heap corruption resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.

Vendor Response

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

Disclosure Timeline

    2008-05-13 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
    2008-09-09 - Coordinated public release of advisory

Credit

This vulnerability was discovered by:
    Anonymous