PT-2010-5081 · Apple · Macos X+1

Published 2010-11-10 · Updated 2010-12-11 · CVE-2010-3794

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 Mac OS X versions 10.6.x through 10.6.4 QuickTime version not specified, but affected in Mac OS X 10.6.x before 10.6.5

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted FlashPix file, due to QuickTime accessing uninitialized memory locations during the processing of FlashPix image data.

Recommendations For Mac OS X versions 10.6.x through 10.6.4, update to version 10.6.5 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of QuickTime to process FlashPix files until a patch is available.

Fix

RCE

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-3794

ZDI-10-251

Affected Products

Macos X

Apple Quicktime

References · 7

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Dec/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-251 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3794 · Security Note
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4447 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1024729 · Note