About the security content of iTunes 9.2

This document describes the security content of iTunes 9.2.

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iTunes 9.2

  • ColorSync

    CVE-ID: CVE-2009-1726

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

    Impact: Viewing a maliciously crafted image with an embedded ColorSync profile may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

    Description: A heap buffer overflow exists in the handling of images with an embedded ColorSync profile. Opening a maliciously crafted image with an embedded ColorSync profile may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This issue is addressed through improved validation of ColorSync profiles. Credit to Chris Evans of the Google Security Team, and Andrzej Dyjak for reporting this issue.

  • ImageIO

    CVE-ID: CVE-2010-1411

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

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

    Description: Multiple integer overflows in the handling of TIFF files may result in a heap buffer overflow. Opening a maliciously crafted TIFF file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. The issues are addressed through improved bounds checking. Credit to Kevin Finisterre of digitalmunition.com for reporting these issues.

  • WebKit

    CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0544, CVE-2010-1119, CVE-2010-1387, CVE-2010-1390, CVE-2010-1392, CVE-2010-1393, CVE-2010-1395, CVE-2010-1396, CVE-2010-1397, CVE-2010-1398, CVE-2010-1399, CVE-2010-1400, CVE-2010-1401, CVE-2010-1402, CVE-2010-1403, CVE-2010-1404, CVE-2010-1405, CVE-2010-1408, CVE-2010-1409, CVE-2010-1410, CVE-2010-1412, CVE-2010-1414, CVE-2010-1415, CVE-2010-1416, CVE-2010-1417, CVE-2010-1418, CVE-2010-1419, CVE-2010-1421, CVE-2010-1422, CVE-2010-1749, CVE-2010-1758, CVE-2010-1759, CVE-2010-1761, CVE-2010-1763, CVE-2010-1769, CVE-2010-1770, CVE-2010-1771, CVE-2010-1774

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

    Impact: Multiple vulnerabilities in WebKit

    Description: WebKit is updated to the version included in Safari 5.0 and Safari 4.1 to address several vulnerabilities, the most serious of which may lead to arbitrary code execution. Further information is available here.

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