Advisory Details

January 21st, 2009

Apple QuickTime STSD JPEG Atom Heap Corruption Vulnerability

ZDI-09-008
ZDI-CAN-352

CVE ID CVE-2009-0007
CVSS SCORE
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 ['6254']. 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 open a malicious file.

The specific flaw exists in the handling of JPEG atoms embedded in STSD atoms within the function JPEG_DComponentDispatch(). When the image width data in this atom is modified, a heap corruption occurs which can be further leveraged to execute arbitrary code under the context of the current user.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS Apple has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3403
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2008-06-25 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2009-01-21 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Anonymous
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