Apple Quicktime rec Chunk Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

November 10th, 2010
ZDI-10-250 ZDI-CAN-739

CVE ID

CVE-2010-3789

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 within the code responsible for parsing rec chunks within an AVI media file. By modifying specific values within the data structure a heap corruption condition can be triggered. An attacker can abuse this to execute arbitrary code under the context of the user running QuickTime.

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

  • 2010-04-13 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2010-11-10 - Coordinated public release of advisory

Credit

Damian Put

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