Apple QuickTime FlashPix Max Uninitialized Jpeg Table Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

November 10th, 2010
ZDI-10-251 ZDI-CAN-778

CVE ID

CVE-2010-3794

CVSS Score

9.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C

Affected Vendors

Apple

Affected Products

Quicktime

Vulnerability Details

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Apple's 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 the application's support for huffman tables within a flashpix file. By specifying an index larger than a particular value, a pointer will cease to get initialized. Later the application will use this pointer to as the destination in a copy operation. Successful exploitation will 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

Anonymous

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