Overview
Apple QuickTime fails to properly handle MPEG-4 movie files. This vulnerability may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition.
Description
Apple's QuickTime Player is multimedia software that allows users to view local and remote audio, video, and image content. QuickTime contains a buffer overflow in the code that handles MPEG-4 movies. This vulnerability may be triggered by sending the QuickTime Player, or an application that uses the QuickTime plug-in, a specially crafted MPEG-4 movie file. Note that this issue affects QuickTime installations on both Apple Mac and Windows operating systems. |
Impact
A remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition. |
Solution
Upgrade |
Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
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References
Acknowledgements
This issue was reported in the Apple Support Document 303752.
This document was written by Jeff Gennari.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2006-1464 |
| Severity Metric: | 17.28 |
| Date Public: | 2006-05-11 |
| Date First Published: | 2006-05-17 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2006-05-17 21:29 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 17 |