PT-2014-5825 · Apple · Apple Quicktime+1

Karl Smith · Published 2014-10-18 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2014-4351

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 OS X versions prior to 10.10

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash, via crafted audio samples in an m4a file. This is due to a buffer overflow in QuickTime.

Recommendations For Apple OS X versions prior to 10.10, update to version 10.10 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of crafted audio samples in m4a files to minimize the risk of exploitation. Restrict access to potentially vulnerable QuickTime components to reduce the risk of arbitrary code execution or denial of service.

Fix

DoS

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-4351

Affected Products

Os X

Apple Quicktime

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4351 · Security Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0101.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6535 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/70643 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97626 · Note
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6493 · Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT6493 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1031065 · Note