Overview
Apple QuickTime contains an integer overflow vulnerability in the "QuickTime.qts" extension, which could result in arbitrary code execution.
Description
Apple's QuickTime Player is a player that allow users to view local and remote audio/video content. Other applications, such as web browsers, that wish to utilize QuickTime functionality must use the QuickTime extension (QuickTime.qts) component. This component contains an integer overflow vulnerability in the routine responsible for copying Sample-to-Chunk table entries into an array. According to the QuickTime File Format specification, a Sample-to-Chunk atom contains a 4-byte "number of entries" field specifying the count of entries in the sample-to-chunk-table. If the "number of entries" field contains an overly large value, an integer overflow could occur, which could allow an attacker to overwrite portions of heap memory. |
Impact
By convincing a user to execute a specially crafted QuickTime file, an attacker could cause QuickTime to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code. |
Solution
Upgrade |
Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
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References
Acknowledgements
This vulnerability was reported by eEye Digital Security.
This document was written by Damon Morda.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2004-0431 |
| Severity Metric: | 27.00 |
| Date Public: | 2004-02-18 |
| Date First Published: | 2004-05-03 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2004-05-04 18:29 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 22 |