PT-2011-2226 · Apple · Apple Quicktime

Published 2011-08-03 · Updated 2017-09-19 · CVE-2011-0252

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 7.7

Description The issue is related to a heap-based buffer overflow that can be triggered by crafted STTS atoms in a QuickTime movie file, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash.

Recommendations For versions prior to 7.7, update to version 7.7 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of crafted QuickTime movie files that contain malicious STTS atoms until the update is applied.

Fix

RCE

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-0252

ZDI-11-250

Affected Products

Apple Quicktime

References · 7

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-250 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0252 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Aug/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4826 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15884 · Note
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002 · Note