Advisory Details

April 9th, 2010

Apple QuickTime H.263 Array Index Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-10-068
ZDI-CAN-692

CVE ID CVE-2010-0062
CVSS SCORE 10.0, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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 ['9681']. 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 in that a target must open a malicious media file or visit a malicious page.

The specific flaw exists within the parsing of H.263 media files. The code within QuickTime trusts various values from MDAT structures and uses them during operations on heap memory. By crafting specific values the corruption can be leveraged to execute remote code under the context of the user running the application.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS Apple has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4104
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2010-04-06 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2010-04-09 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Anonymous
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