About the security content of QuickTime 7.6.9

This document describes the security content of QuickTime 7.6.9.

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QuickTime 7.6.9

• QuickTime

  CVE-ID: CVE-2010-3787

  Available for: Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X Server v10.5.8, Windows 7, Vista, XP SP2 or later

  Impact: Viewing a maliciously crafted JP2 image may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

  Description: A heap buffer overflow exists in QuickTime's handling of JP2 images. Viewing a maliciously crafted JP2 image may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This issue is addressed through improved bounds checking. For Mac OS X v10.6 systems, this issue is addressed in Mac OS X v10.6.5. Credit to Nils of MWR InfoSecurity, and Will Dormann of the CERT/CC, for reporting this issue.

• QuickTime

  CVE-ID: CVE-2010-3788

  Available for: Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X Server v10.5.8, Windows 7, Vista, XP SP2 or later

  Impact: Viewing a maliciously crafted JP2 image may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

  Description: An uninitialized memory access issue exists in QuickTime's handling of JP2 images. Viewing a maliciously crafted JP2 image may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This issue is addressed through improved validation of JP2 images. For Mac OS X v10.6 systems, this issue is addressed in Mac OS X v10.6.5. Credit to Damian Put and Procyun, working with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative for reporting this issue.

• QuickTime

  CVE-ID: CVE-2010-3789

  Available for: Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X Server v10.5.8, Windows 7, Vista, XP SP2 or later

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

  Description: A memory corruption issue is in QuickTime's handling of avi files. Viewing a maliciously crafted avi file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This issue is addressed through improved handling of avi files. For Mac OS X v10.6 systems, this issue is addressed in Mac OS X v10.6.5. Credit to Damian Put working with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative for reporting this issue.

• QuickTime

  CVE-ID: CVE-2010-3790

  Available for: Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X Server v10.5.8, Windows 7, Vista, XP SP2 or later

  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 movie files. Viewing a maliciously crafted movie file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This issue is addressed through improved handling of movie files. For Mac OS X v10.6 systems, this issue is addressed in Mac OS X v10.6.5. Credit to Honggang Ren of Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs, and an anonymous researcher working with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative for reporting this issue.

• QuickTime

  CVE-ID: CVE-2010-3791

  Available for: Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X Server v10.5.8, Windows 7, Vista, XP SP2 or later

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

  Description: A buffer overflow exists in QuickTime's handling of MPEG encoded movie files. Viewing a maliciously crafted movie file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This issue is addressed through improved bounds checking. For Mac OS X v10.6 systems, this issue is addressed in Mac OS X v10.6.5. Credit to an anonymous researcher working with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative for reporting this issue.

• QuickTime

  CVE-ID: CVE-2010-3792

  Available for: Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X Server v10.5.8, Windows 7, Vista, XP SP2 or later

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

  Description: A signedness issue exists in QuickTime's handling of MPEG encoded movie files. Viewing a maliciously crafted movie file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This issue is addressed through improved handling of MPEG encoded movie files. For Mac OS X v10.6 systems, this issue is addressed in Mac OS X v10.6.5. Credit to an anonymous researcher working with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative for reporting this issue.

• QuickTime

  CVE-ID: CVE-2010-3793

  Available for: Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X Server v10.5.8, Windows 7, Vista, XP SP2 or later

  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 Sorenson encoded movie files. Viewing a maliciously crafted movie file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This issue is addressed through improved validation of Sorenson encoded movie files. For Mac OS X v10.6 systems, this issue is addressed in Mac OS X v10.6.5. Credit to an anonymous researcher working with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative, and Carsten Eiram of Secunia Research for reporting this issue.

• QuickTime

  CVE-ID: CVE-2010-3794

  Available for: Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X Server v10.5.8, Windows 7, Vista, XP SP2 or later

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

  Description: An uninitialized memory access issue exists in QuickTime's handling of FlashPix images. Viewing a maliciously crafted FlashPix image may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This issue is addressed through improved memory management. For Mac OS X v10.6 systems, this issue is addressed in Mac OS X v10.6.5. Credit to an anonymous researcher working with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative for reporting this issue.

• QuickTime

  CVE-ID: CVE-2010-3795

  Available for: Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X Server v10.5.8, Windows 7, Vista, XP SP2 or later

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

  Description: An uninitialized memory access issue exists in QuickTime's handling of GIF images. Viewing a maliciously crafted GIF image may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This issue is addressed through improved memory management. For Mac OS X v10.6 systems, this issue is addressed in Mac OS X v10.6.5. Credit to an anonymous researcher working with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative for reporting this issue.

• QuickTime

  CVE-ID: CVE-2010-3800

  Available for: Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X Server v10.5.8, Windows 7, Vista, XP SP2 or later

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

  Description: A memory corruption issue exists in QuickTime's handling of PICT files. Viewing a maliciously crafted PICT file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This issue is addressed through improved validation of PICT files. Credit to Moritz Jodeit of n.runs AG and Damian Put, working with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative, and Hossein Lotfi (s0lute), working with VeriSign iDefense Labs for reporting this issue.

• QuickTime

  CVE-ID: CVE-2010-3801

  Available for: Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X Server v10.5.8, Windows 7, Vista, XP SP2 or later

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

  Description: A memory corruption issue exists in QuickTime's handling of FlashPix images. Viewing a maliciously crafted FlashPix image may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This issue is addressed through improved memory management. Credit to Damian Put working with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative, and Rodrigo Rubira Branco from the Check Point Vulnerability Discovery Team for reporting this issue.

• QuickTime

  CVE-ID: CVE-2010-3802

  Available for: Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X Server v10.5.8, Windows 7, Vista, XP SP2 or later

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

  Description: A memory corruption issue exists in QuickTime's handling of panorama atoms in QTVR (QuickTime Virtual Reality) movie files. Viewing a maliciously crafted QTVR movie file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This issue is addressed through improved handling of QTVR movie files. Credit to an anonymous researcher working with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative for reporting this issue.

• QuickTime

  CVE-ID: CVE-2010-1508

  Available for: Windows 7, Vista, XP SP2 or later

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

  Description: A heap buffer overflow exists in QuickTime's handling of Track Header (tkhd) atoms. Viewing a maliciously crafted movie file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This issue is addressed through improved bounds checking. This issue does not affect Mac OS X systems. Credit to Moritz Jodeit of n.runs AG, working with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative, and Carsten Eiram of Secunia Research for reporting this issue.

• QuickTime

  CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0530

  Available for: Windows 7, Vista, XP SP2 or later

  Impact: A local user may have access to sensitive information

  Description: A filesystem permission issue exists in QuickTime. This may allow a local user to access the contents of the "Apple Computer" directory in the user's profile, which may lead to the disclosure of sensitive information. This issue is addressed through improved filesystem permissions. This issue does not affect Mac OS X systems. Credit to Geoff Strickler of On-Line Transaction Consultants for reporting this issue.

• QuickTime

  CVE-ID: CVE-2010-4009

  Available for: Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X Server v10.5.8, Windows 7, Vista, XP SP2 or later

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

  Description: An integer overflow exists in QuickTime's handling of movie files. Viewing a maliciously crafted movie file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This issue is addressed through improved bounds checking. Credit to Honggang Ren of Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs for reporting this issue.