Advisory Details

July 1st, 2015

Apple QuickTime GIF Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2015-3663
CVSS SCORE	6.8, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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 within the handling of GIF images. By providing a GIF with a malformed image descriptor, an attacker can write data outside the bounds of the data structure. An attacker could leverage this to execute arbitrary code in the context of the QuickTime process.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Apple has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT201222
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2015-02-04 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2015-07-01 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	kdot

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