PT-2009-3538 · Apple · Apple Quicktime

Lurene Grenier · Published 2009-06-02 · Updated 2018-10-30 · CVE-2009-0956

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 7.6.2

Description The issue arises from improper memory initialization in handling movie files, specifically when encountering a user data atom of size zero. This can be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause the application to crash.

Recommendations For versions prior to 7.6.2, update to version 7.6.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-0956

Affected Products

Apple Quicktime

References · 9

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/35162 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0956 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35091 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1469 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3591 · Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16188 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1022314 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50896 · Note