National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-3627

Overview

Apple QuickTime before 7.5.5 does not properly handle (1) MDAT atoms in MP4 video files within QuickTimeH264.qtx, (2) MDAT atoms in mov video files within QuickTimeH264.scalar, and (3) AVC1 atoms in an unknown media type within an unspecified component, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap corruption and application crash) via a crafted, H.264 encoded movie file.

Impact

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External Source: BID

Name: 31086

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31086

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-062/

Hyperlink:http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-062/

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-061/

Hyperlink:http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-061/

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-060/

Hyperlink:http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-060/

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20080909 ZDI-08-062: Apple QuickTime MDAT Frame Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/496176/100/0/threaded

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20080909 ZDI-08-061: Apple QuickTime Player H.264 Parsing Heap Corruption Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/496175/100/0/threaded

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20080909 ZDI-08-060: Apple QuickTime AVC1 Atom Parsing Heap Overflow Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/496163/100/0/threaded

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-2527

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/2527

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3027

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3027

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1020841

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1020841

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31821

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31821

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2008-09-09

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00000.html