Apple QuickTime nam Atom Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

April 3rd, 2014
ZDI-14-044 ZDI-CAN-1737

CVE ID

CVE-2014-1243

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 nam atom in an mp4 file. Manipulation of this atom can corrupt memory and a remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of the 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

  • 2013-07-13 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2014-04-03 - Coordinated public release of advisory

Credit

Tom Gallagher (Microsoft) & Paul Bates (Microsoft)

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