OSVDB ID: 20477

Title: Apple QuickTime Missing Movie Attribute Crafted .mov DoS

Info

Disclosure

Nov 03, 2005

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

Description

Quicktime contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when a missing attribute is not flagged as an error, which can cause a null pointer to be dereferenced, and will result in loss of availability for the application.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service, Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 7.0.3 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Apple Computer, Inc.

QuickTime Player for Mac OS X

6.5.2
7.0.1

QuickTime Player for Windows

7
7.0.1
7.0.2

References

Credit

  • Piotr Bania - ania.piotrgmail.com -


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