Apple QuickTime MPEG-1 genl Atom Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

April 2nd, 2010
ZDI-10-045 ZDI-CAN-608

CVE ID

CVE-2010-0526

CVSS Score

10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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 visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.

The specific flaw exists during the parsing of MPEG content. Upon reading a field used for compression within a 'genl' atom in the movie container, the application will decompress outside the boundary of an allocated buffer. Successful exploitation can lead to code execution under the context of the application.

Additional Details

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4104

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077


Disclosure Timeline

  • 2009-11-06 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2010-04-02 - Coordinated public release of advisory

Credit

Anonymous

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