Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in Apple QuickTime, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system
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TITLE:
Apple QuickTime PICT Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA35091
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/35091/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Apple QuickTime, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the processing of
"0x77" tags within PICT images, which can be exploited to cause a
heap-based buffer overflow when the user opens a specially crafted
PICT image or visits a malicious web site.
This is related to vulnerability #30 in:
SA35074
SOLUTION:
Do not browse untrusted web sites. Do not open files from untrusted
sources.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Damian Put and Sebastian Apelt, reported via ZDI.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-021/
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA35074:
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074/
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