PT-2017-12364 · Libquicktime+1 · Libquicktime+1

Haojun H · Published 2017-08-02 · Updated 2017-08-03 · CVE-2017-12143

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libquicktime version 1.2.4

Description An allocation failure was found in the quicktime read info function in lqt quicktime.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Recommendations For libquicktime version 1.2.4, consider avoiding the use of the quicktime read info function until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the processing of crafted files to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-12143

Affected Products

Debian

Libquicktime

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12143 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12143 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12143 · Vendor Advisory
• https://sourceforge.net/p/libquicktime/mailman/message/35888850 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-12143 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12143 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12143 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12143 · Vendor Advisory
• https://somevulnsofadlab.blogspot.com/2017/07/libquicktimeallocation-failed-in.html · Note