Advisory Details

June 27th, 2012

Apple QuickTime Text Track Descriptor Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2012-0664
CVSS SCORE	7.5, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	Apple
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	QuickTime
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION	Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['12419']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
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 way QuickTime handles text track descriptors. Values for almost all of the text descriptors recognized by QuickTime will be read into a fixed-length buffer. This can lead to a heap-based buffer overflow which can result in remote code execution under 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	2011-12-27 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2012-06-27 - Coordinated public release of advisory 2019-07-19 - Advisory Updated
CREDIT	Alexander Gavrun

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