-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ZDI-12-105 : Apple Quicktime Text Track Descriptor Parsing Remote Code Execution http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-12-105 June 27, 2012 - -- CVE ID: CVE-2012-0664 - -- CVSS: 7.5, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - -- Affected Vendors: Apple - -- Affected Products: Apple QuickTime - -- TippingPoint(TM) IPS Customer Protection: TippingPoint IPS customers have been protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID 12419. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS, visit: http://www.tippingpoint.com - -- Vulnerability Details: This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Apple Quicktime. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within he way Quicktime handles Text Track Descriptors. Values for almost all of the text descriptors recognized by quicktime will be read into a fixed size buffer. This can lead to a heap based buffer overflow which can result in remote code execution under the context of the current process. - -- Vendor Response: Apple has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222 - -- Disclosure Timeline: 2011-10-28 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2012-06-27 - Coordinated public release of advisory - -- Credit: This vulnerability was discovered by: * Alexander Gavrun - -- About the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI): Established by TippingPoint, The Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) represents a best-of-breed model for rewarding security researchers for responsibly disclosing discovered vulnerabilities. Researchers interested in getting paid for their security research through the ZDI can find more information and sign-up at: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com The ZDI is unique in how the acquired vulnerability information is used. TippingPoint does not re-sell the vulnerability details or any exploit code. Instead, upon notifying the affected product vendor, TippingPoint provides its customers with zero day protection through its intrusion prevention technology. Explicit details regarding the specifics of the vulnerability are not exposed to any parties until an official vendor patch is publicly available. Furthermore, with the altruistic aim of helping to secure a broader user base, TippingPoint provides this vulnerability information confidentially to security vendors (including competitors) who have a vulnerability protection or mitigation product. Our vulnerability disclosure policy is available online at: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/disclosure_policy/ Follow the ZDI on Twitter: http://twitter.com/thezdi -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 10.2.0 (Build 1950) Charset: utf-8 wsBVAwUBT+spqFVtgMGTo1scAQJ2TAgAiWSKrhS0i4aFek9fepAXyWE86+mIFvpE yBCH7aisTAN5Wz6/L98NWI0Qt/rfwTpGqcDpJbczG69r7RnCL6NISAgqJuA/YJoy 4J+FRO8QcatofC3AiHQwfpJPnklQGLCkQHTukoFDQW4ZVr0RgMzwbt4O6IiqLIPu 9B5Y0bMQLvR6RK0gwHPYsr1jWm+Z+mC32W+zay9cbPvQhts0EIfrl25D/1Qw2S02 UvJgz/lj1Tyo6T2Ogr3Q82K1W6ZQVDkBmioAsBSn6bK/AqzcY4PS713yliEKp83R zlwPu5BSPHVg3Y/XMldroIGpoEHm9pInDCgnFWEPAL1sRWu1RPfVjw== =t1j0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----