National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-0003
Original release date:01/21/2009
Last revised:03/04/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application termination) and execute arbitrary code via an AVI movie file with an invalid nBlockAlign value in the _WAVEFORMATEX structure.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA09-022A
Name: TA09-022A
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2009-01-21
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-006/
External Source: BID
Name: 33387
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-0212
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3403
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 33632
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6218
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 51526