Advisory Details

August 3rd, 2012

Apple QuickTime Player MP4A Uninitialized Pointer Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-12-130
ZDI-CAN-1382

CVE ID CVE-2011-3458
CVSS SCORE 7.5, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS Apple
AFFECTED PRODUCTS QuickTime
VULNERABILITY DETAILS


This vulnerability allows remote 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 within how the application parses a header containing codec-specific data. When handling an error case, the application will forget to initialize a pointer which will later be used in a memory operation. This can lead to code execution under the context of the application.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS Apple has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2011-10-21 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2012-08-03 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Luigi Auriemma
pa_kt / twitter.com/pa_kt / e1c14ba6
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