Advisory Details

June 11th, 2013

Apple QuickTime stsd Atom Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2013-1021
CVSS SCORE	7.5, AV:N/AC:L/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 the stsd atom. A malformed stsd atom can be used to cause heap corruption. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Apple has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2013-03-29 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2013-06-11 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Mil3s beep

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