Advisory Details

November 10th, 2010

Apple QuickTime JP2 SIZ Chunk Uninitialized Object Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-10-252
ZDI-CAN-812

CVE ID CVE-2010-3788
CVSS SCORE 9.0, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS Apple
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Quicktime
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['10292']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
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 within the application's support for a component within the SIZ marker in a JPEG 2000 image. When the component contains a malicious value, the application will add a corrupted object to a queue of data which will be processed by the Component Manager's JP2 decompressor. Later when attempting to decompress this data, the application will use the corrupted object. This can lead to code execution under the context of the application.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS

Fixed in
Mac OS X 10.6.5: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
QuickTime 7.6.9: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4447


DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2010-06-01 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2010-11-10 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Damian Put
Procyun
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