Overview
Apple QuickTime fails to properly handle H.264 movies. This vulnerability may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition.
Description
Apple QuickTime Player is multimedia software that allows users to view local and remote audio, video, and image content. According to Apple: By carefully crafting a corrupt H.264 movie, an attacker can trigger an integer overflow or buffer overflow which may lead to an application crash or arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user. |
Impact
A remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition. |
Solution
Upgrade QuickTime |
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. |
Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Base | ||
| Temporal | ||
| Environmental |
References
- http://piotrbania.com/all/adv/quicktime-integer-overflow-h264-adv-7.1.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21893/
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304357
- http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime713.html
- http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/standalone.html
- http://www.us-cert.gov/reading_room/securing_browser/
Acknowledgements
This issue was reported in Apple Support Document 304357. Apple credits Sowhat of Nevis Labs, Mike Price of McAfee AVERT Labs, and Piotr Bania for reporting these issues.
This document was written by Chris Taschner.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2006-4386 |
| Severity Metric: | 27.00 |
| Date Public: | 2006-09-12 |
| Date First Published: | 2006-09-13 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2006-09-13 18:57 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 17 |