Vulnerability Note VU#582681

Apple QuickTime fails to properly handle malformed movie files

Overview

Apple QuickTime fails to properly handle malformed movie files. This vulnerability may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition.

I. Description

Apple QuickTime is multimedia software that allows users to view local and remote audio, video, and image content. An unspecified memory corruption vulnerability exists in the way QuickTime handles malformed movie files. This vulnerability can be triggered by accessing a specially crafted movie file with QuickTime, or an application that uses the QuickTime plug-in.

Note that this issue affects QuickTime installations on both Apple Mac and Microsoft Windows operating systems.

II. Impact

A remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition.

III. Solution

UpgradeQuickTime

Apple has addressed this issue with QuickTime 7.2 as specified in Apple Support Document 305947.

Disable QuickTime in your web browser

An attacker may be able to exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user to access a specially crafted file with a web browser. Disabling QuickTime in your web browser will defend against this attack vector. For more information, refer to the Securing Your Web Browser document.

Systems Affected

Vendor	Status	Date Updated
Apple Computer, Inc.	Vulnerable	12-Jul-2007

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305947

Credit

This issue was reported in Apple Support Document 305947. Apple credits Jonathan 'Wolf' Rentzsch of Red Shed Software for reporting this issue.

This document was written by Jeff Gennari.

Other Information

Date Public	07/11/2007
Date First Published	07/12/2007 07:52:36 AM
Date Last Updated	07/12/2007
CERT Advisory
CVE Name	CVE-2007-2392
Metric	8.66
Document Revision	8