Advisory Details

June 11th, 2013

Apple QuickTime enof Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-13-111
ZDI-CAN-1603

CVE ID CVE-2013-0986
CVSS SCORE 5.1, AV:N/AC:H/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 ['12955']. 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 parsing of a MOV file. The size field of the enof atom is not properly validated. As such, if it is too small, an overflow will occur into the adjacent buffer. By abusing this behavior an attacker can ensure this memory is under control and leverage the situation to achieve remote code execution under the context of the user currently logged in.

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
  • 2012-11-19 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2013-06-11 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Tom Gallagher & Paul Bates
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