Advisory Details

September 9th, 2008

Apple QuickTime Player H.264 Parsing Heap Corruption Vulnerability

ZDI-08-061
ZDI-CAN-309

CVE ID CVE-2008-3627
CVSS SCORE
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 in the parsing of MP4 video files in QuickTimeH264.qtx. A maliciously crafted MDAT atom can cause a heap corruption resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS Apple has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3027
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2008-05-13 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2008-09-09 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Anonymous
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