[NT] Apple QuickTime Macintosh Resource Processing Heap Corruption Vulnerability

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Apple QuickTime Macintosh Resource Processing Heap Corruption
Vulnerability
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SUMMARY

<http://www.apple.com/quicktime/> QuickTime is "Apple's media player
product, and is used to render video and other media". Remote exploitation
of a heap corruption vulnerability in Apple Computer Inc.'s QuickTime
media player could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code in the
context of the targeted user.

DETAILS

Vulnerable Systems:
* QuickTime Player version 7.3.1

Immune Systems:
* QuickTime Player version 7.4

The vulnerability specifically exists in the handling of Macintosh
Resources embedded in QuickTime movies. When processing these records, a
length value stored in the resource header is not properly validated. When
a length value larger than the actual buffer size is supplied, potentially
exploitable memory corruption occurs.

Analysis:
Exploitation of this vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary
code in the context of the targeted user. In order to exploit this
vulnerability, an attacker must persuade a user into using QuickTime to
open a specially crafted QuickTime movie file.

Vendo response:
Apple has released QuickTime 7.4 which resolves this issue. More
information is available via Apple's QuickTime Security Update page at the
URL: <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307301>

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307301

CVE Information:
<http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0032>
CVE-2008-0032

Disclosure Timeline:
09/13/2007 - Initial vendor notification
09/13/2007 - Initial vendor response
01/15/2008 - Coordinated public disclosure

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The information has been provided by iDefense Labs.
The original article can be found at:
<http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=642>

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=642

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