Advisory Details

December 7th, 2011

Apple Quicktime Font Table Signed Length Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2011-3248
CVSS SCORE	7.5, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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 ['11876']. 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 visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within how the application parses font names embedded within an atom. When parsing the font name, the application will treat a length from the file as a signed value when copying font data into a buffer. Due to an unsigned promotion, this can be used to write outside the bounds of a buffer which can lead to code execution under the context of the application.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Apple has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5016
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2011-07-20 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2011-12-07 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Luigi Auriemma

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