PT-2009-2722 · Apple · Apple Quicktime

Published 2009-01-21 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2009-0006

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple QuickTime versions prior to 7.6

Description The issue is caused by an integer signedness error that allows remote attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted Cinepak encoded movie file. This file can trigger a heap-based buffer overflow, specifically by exploiting a crafted MDAT atom.

Recommendations For Apple QuickTime versions prior to 7.6, update to version 7.6 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of Cinepak encoded movie files until the update is applied.

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-0006

Affected Products

Apple Quicktime

References · 12

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jan/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33632 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0006 · Security Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0212 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/33388 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-022A.html · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6153 · Note
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3403 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/51529 · Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-01/0215.html · Note
• http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-007 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/500391/100/0/threaded · Note