PT-2011-2232 · Apple · Apple Quicktime

Published 2011-08-31 · Updated 2018-10-10 · CVE-2011-0258

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 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service, resulting in memory corruption and application crash. This is achieved through a crafted image description associated with an mp4v tag in a movie file.

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 movie files that contain a malicious mp4v tag until the update is applied.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-0258

ZDI-11-277

Affected Products

Apple Quicktime

References · 8

• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4826 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0258 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-277 · Security Note
• http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-277 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15671 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/519483/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69518 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8368 · Note