PT-2008-5001 · Apple · Apple Quicktime

Published 2008-09-10 · Updated 2018-10-30 · CVE-2008-3626

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple QuickTime versions prior to 7.5.5

Description The issue arises from the improper handling of a large entry in the sample size table in STSZ atoms by the CallComponentFunctionWithStorage function. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service, resulting in memory corruption and application crash, via a crafted movie file.

Recommendations For versions prior to 7.5.5, update to version 7.5.5 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of crafted movie files that could exploit this issue until a patch is applied.

Fix

DoS

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-3626

Affected Products

Apple Quicktime

References · 15

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-059 · Patch
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/31086 · Patch
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020841 · Patch
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3027 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3626 · Security Note
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3189 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16152 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122099929821288&w=2 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2527 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31821 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2735 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/31546 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32121 · Note