Advisory Details

June 28th, 2012

Apple Quicktime TeXML Karaoke Element Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-12-109
ZDI-CAN-1367

CVE ID CVE-2012-0663
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 ['12422']. 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 the parsing of XML elements within a TeXML file. Specifically, when handling the karaoke XML element the code within QuickTime3GPP.qtx does not properly validate the length of the data within specific sub-fields. By providing specially crafted data, the code can be made to copy too much data into a fixed-length buffer on the stack. Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code under the context of the user running Quicktime.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2011-11-04 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2012-06-28 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Alexander Gavrun
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