Overview
Apple QuickTime contains an integer overflow vulnerability in the handling of TIFF images, which may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service on a vulnerable system.
Description
Apple's QuickTime Player is multimedia software that allows users to view local and remote audio, video, and image content. QuickTime contains an integer overflow vulnerability in code that handles the StripByteCounts tag in Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) images. This vulnerability may be triggered by using the QuickTime Player or an application that uses the QuickTime plug-in, such as a web browser. |
Impact
A remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service if the user is persuaded to view a specially crafted TIFF file. |
Solution
Install an update |
Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
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References
Acknowledgements
This vulnerability was reported by Apple Product Security, who in turn credit Dejun Meng of Fortinet.
This document was written by Will Dormann.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2005-3710 |
| Severity Metric: | 32.63 |
| Date Public: | 2006-01-10 |
| Date First Published: | 2006-01-11 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2006-01-13 15:12 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 16 |