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Home > Products and services > CSIRTUK advisories > Advisories archive > September 2008 > 3686 - APPLE-SA-2008-09-09 QuickTime 7.5.5

September 2008

3686 - APPLE-SA-2008-09-09 QuickTime 7.5.5

ID: 3686
Date: 10/09/2008

Title: 3686 - APPLE-SA-2008-09-09 QuickTime 7.5.5
Platform level affected:Operating System
Hardware components affected:Intel PC
Specific operating systems components affected: 32-bit Windows
Net-enabled software: Other
Security software:Other
Other software: Other
Remediation Summary:Update your copy of the software with the download available from the supplier.
Vendors affected:Apple
Applications affected:QuickTime 7.5.5
Adversity source: Unknown
Attack Vector: Vulnerability exploitation
Virulence: Unknown
Warning Status: Active
Potential Damage: Remote execution/modification
Possible Duration: Open Ended
Availability of fix: Available
Type of fix: Patch
Source: Apple
Reliability of source: Trusted
Source URL: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222
CVE: CVE-2008-3615, CVE-2008-3635, CVE-2008-3624, CVE-2008-3625, CVE-2008-3614, CVE-2008-3626, CVE-2008-3627, CVE-ID: CVE-2008-3628, CVE-2008-3629
Abstract: QuickTime 7.5.5 is now available and addresses the following issues:

APPLE-SA-2008-09-09 QuickTime 7.5.5

QuickTime 7.5.5 is now available and addresses the following issues:

QuickTime

CVE-ID: CVE-2008-3615

Available for: Windows Vista, XP SP2 and SP3

Impact: Viewing a maliciously crafted movie file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

Description: An uninitialized memory access issue exists in the third-party Indeo v5 codec for QuickTime, which does not ship with QuickTime. Viewing a maliciously crafted movie file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue by not rendering content encoded with any version of the Indeo codec. This issue does not affect systems running Mac OS X. Credit to Paul Byrne of NGSSoftware for reporting this issue.

QuickTime

CVE-ID: CVE-2008-3635

Available for: Windows Vista, XP SP2 and SP3

Impact: Viewing a maliciously crafted movie file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

Description: A stack buffer overflow exists in the third-party Indeo

v3.2 codec for QuickTime. Viewing a maliciously crafted movie file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue by not rendering content encoded with any version of the Indeo codec. This issue does not affect systems running Mac OS X. Credit to an anonymous researcher working with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative for reporting this issue.

QuickTime

CVE-ID: CVE-2008-3624

Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.9 - v10.4.11, Mac OS X v10.5 or later, Windows Vista, XP SP2 and SP3

Impact: Viewing a maliciously crafted QTVR movie file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

Description: A heap buffer overflow exists in QuickTime's handling of panorama atoms in QTVR (QuickTime Virtual Reality) movie files.

Viewing a maliciously crafted QTVR file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue through improved bounds checking of panorama atoms. Credit to Roee Hay of IBM Rational Application Security Research Group for reporting this issue.

QuickTime

CVE-ID: CVE-2008-3625

Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.9 - v10.4.11, Mac OS X v10.5 or later, Windows Vista, XP SP2 and SP3

Impact: Viewing a maliciously crafted QTVR movie file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

Description: A stack buffer overflow exists in QuickTime's handling of panorama atoms in QTVR (QuickTime Virtual Reality) movie files.

Viewing a maliciously crafted QTVR file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue through improved bounds checking of panorama atoms. Credit to an anonymous researcher working with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative for reporting this issue.

QuickTime

CVE-ID: CVE-2008-3614

Available for: Windows Vista, XP SP2 and SP3

Impact: Opening a maliciously crafted PICT image may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

Description: An integer overflow exists in QuickTime's handling of PICT images. Opening a maliciously crafted PICT image may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue by performing additional validation of PICT images. Credit to an anonymous researcher working with the iDefense VCP for reporting this issue.

QuickTime

CVE-ID: CVE-2008-3626

Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.9 - v10.4.11, Mac OS X v10.5 or later, Windows Vista, XP SP2 and SP3

Impact: Viewing a maliciously crafted movie file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

Description: A memory corruption issue exists in QuickTime's handling of STSZ atoms in movie files. Viewing a maliciously crafted movie file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue through improved bounds checking of STSZ atoms. Credit to an anonymous researcher working with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative for reporting this issue.

QuickTime

CVE-ID: CVE-2008-3627

Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.9 - v10.4.11, Mac OS X v10.5 or later, Windows Vista, XP SP2 and SP3

Impact: Viewing a maliciously crafted movie file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

Description: Multiple memory corruption exist in QuickTime's handling of H.264 encoded movie files. Viewing a maliciously crafted movie file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue by performing additional validation of H.264 encoded movie files. Credit to an anonymous researcher and Subreption LLC working with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative for reporting this issue.

QuickTime

CVE-ID: CVE-2008-3628

Available for: Windows Vista, XP SP2 and SP3

Impact: Opening a maliciously crafted PICT image may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

Description: An invalid pointer issue exists in QuickTime's handling of PICT images. Opening a maliciously crafted PICT image may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution.

This update addresses the issue by correctly saving and restoring a global variable. This issue does not affect systems running Mac OS X.

Credit to David Wharton for reporting this issue.

QuickTime

CVE-ID: CVE-2008-3629

Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.9 - v10.4.11, Mac OS X v10.5 or later, Windows Vista, XP SP2 and SP3

Impact: Opening a maliciously crafted PICT image may lead to an unexpected application termination

Description: An out-of-bounds read issue exists in QuickTime's handling of PICT images. Opening a maliciously crafted PICT image may lead to an unexpected application termination. This update addresses the issue by performing additional validation of PICT images. Credit to Sergio 'shadown' Alvarez of n.runs AG for reporting this issue.

QuickTime 7.5.5 may be obtained from the Software Update application, or from the QuickTime Downloads site:

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/

For Mac OS X v10.5 or later

The download file is named: "QuickTime755_Leopard.dmg"

Its SHA-1 digest is: 934f784a553c2d4484d298071ad6d95ea34b8b2f

For Mac OS X v10.4.9 through Mac OS X v10.4.11 The download file is named: "QuickTime755_Tiger.dmg"

Its SHA-1 digest is: dcdf58e27aad2a1e958788c0f58584605c4b8e78

For Windows Vista / XP SP2 and SP3

The download file is named: "QuickTimeInstaller.exe"

Its SHA-1 digest is: 5900ff0b8044972cb06b52dfc913c6364bf27ccc

QuickTime with iTunes for Windows XP or Vista The download file is named: iTunes8Setup.exe Its SHA-1 digest is: 5d4ff8ffbe9feeaed67deb317797c1d71a03c359

Information will also be posted to the Apple Security Updates web site: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222

This message is signed with Apple's Product Security PGP key, and details are available at:

http://www.apple.com/support/security/pgp/

This advisory contains information released by the original author. Some of the information may have changed since it was released. If the issue affects you, it may be prudent to retrieve the advisory from the site of the original source to ensure that you receive the most current information concerning that problem. Reference to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark manufacturer, or otherwise, does not constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favouring by CPNI.

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Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:00:00 GMT
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