Advisory Details

April 3rd, 2014

Apple QuickTime clef Atom Heap Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-14-049
ZDI-CAN-1945

CVE ID CVE-2014-1251
CVSS SCORE 6.8, AV:N/AC:M/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. 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 parsing of the clef atom. An attacker can use this flaw to overflow an improperly allocated buffer, which could allow for the execution of arbitrary code in the context of the current process.
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
  • 2013-11-03 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2014-04-03 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Aliz Hammond
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