PT-2011-4344 · Apple · Coreaudio+1

Published 2011-10-12 · Updated 2017-09-19 · CVE-2011-3252

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 iTunes versions prior to 10.5

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service, specifically an application crash, by providing a crafted Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) stream. This is related to a buffer overflow in CoreAudio.

Recommendations For versions prior to 10.5, update to version 10.5 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) streams until the update is applied.

Fix

DoS

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-3252

ZDI-11-304

Affected Products

Coreaudio

Itunes

References · 8

• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4981 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-304 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3252 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16784 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/76381 · Note