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Apple QuickTime JP2 SIZ Chunk Uninitialized Object Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-10-252: November 10th, 2010

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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.

Vendor Response

Apple states:

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

This vulnerability was discovered by:
    Damian Put
    Procyun