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Apple Quicktime 7.1 Update

 

Security Updates in Apple Quicktime 7.1

 

 


 

CVE-ID: CVE-2006-1458

Available for: Mac OS X v10.3.9 and later, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 2000

Impact: Viewing a maliciously-crafted JPEG image may result in an application crash or arbitrary code execution

Description: By carefully crafting a corrupt JPEG image, an attacker can trigger an integer overflow which may result in an application crash or arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user. This update addresses the issue by performing additional validation of JPEG images.

 


CVE-ID: CVE-2006-1459, CVE-2006-1460

Available for: Mac OS X v10.3.9 and later, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 2000

Impact: Viewing a maliciously-crafted QuickTime movie may result in an application crash or arbitrary code execution

Description: By carefully crafting a corrupt QuickTime movie, an attacker can trigger an integer overflow or buffer overflow which may result in an application crash or arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user. This update addresses the issue by performing additional validation of QuickTime movies. Credit to Mike Price of McAfee AVERT Labs for reporting these issues.

 


CVE-ID: CVE-2006-1461

Available for: Mac OS X v10.3.9 and later, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 2000

Impact: Viewing a maliciously-crafted Flash movie may result in an application crash or arbitrary code execution

Description: By carefully crafting a corrupt Flash movie, an attacker can trigger a buffer overflow which may result in an application crash or arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user. This update addresses the issue by performing additional validation of QuickTime movies. Credit to Mike Price of McAfee AVERT Labs for reporting this issue.

 


CVE-ID: CVE-2006-1462, CVE-2006-1463

Available for: Mac OS X v10.3.9 and later, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 2000

Impact: Viewing a maliciously-crafted H.264 movie may result in an application crash or arbitrary code execution

Description: By carefully crafting a corrupt H.264 movie, an attacker can trigger an integer overflow or buffer overflow which may result in an application crash or arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user. This update addresses the issue by performing additional validation of H.264 movies. Credit to Mike Price of McAfee AVERT Labs and ATmaCA working through TippingPoint and the Zero Day Initiative for reporting these issues.

 


CVE-ID: CVE-2006-1464

Available for: Mac OS X v10.3.9 and later, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 2000

Impact: Viewing a maliciously-crafted MPEG4 movie may result in an application crash or arbitrary code execution

Description: By carefully crafting a corrupt MPEG4 movie, an attacker can trigger a buffer overflow which may result in an application crash or arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user. This update addresses the issue by performing additional validation of MPEG4 movies. Credit to Mike Price of McAfee AVERT Labs for reporting this issue.

 


CVE-ID: CVE-2006-1249

Available for: Mac OS X v10.3.9 and later, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 2000

Impact: Viewing a maliciously-crafted FlashPix image may result in an application crash or arbitrary code execution

Description: By carefully crafting a corrupt FlashPix image, an attacker can trigger an integer overflow which may result in an application crash or arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user. This update addresses the issue by performing additional validation of FlashPix images. Credit to eEye Digital Security and Mike Price of McAfee AVERT Labs for reporting these issues.

 


CVE-ID: CVE-2006-1465

Available for: Mac OS X v10.3.9 and later, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 2000

Impact: Viewing a maliciously-crafted AVI movie may result in an application crash or arbitrary code execution

Description: By carefully crafting a corrupt AVI movie, an attacker can trigger a buffer overflow which may result in an application crash or arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user. This update addresses the issue by performing additional validation of AVI movies. Credit to Mike Price of McAfee AVERT Labs for reporting this issue.

 


CVE-ID: CVE-2006-1453, CVE-2006-1454

Available for: Mac OS X v10.3.9 and later, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 2000

Impact: Viewing a maliciously-crafted PICT image may result in an application crash or arbitrary code execution

Description: Two issues affect QuickDraw when processing PICT images. Malformed font information may cause a stack buffer overflow, and malformed image data may cause a heap buffer overflow. By carefully crafting a malicious PICT image, an attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution when the image is viewed. This update addresses the issue by performing additional validation of PICT images. Credit to Mike Price of McAfee AVERT Labs for reporting these issues.

 


CVE-ID: CVE-2006-2238

Available for: Mac OS X v10.3.9 and later, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 2000

Impact: Viewing a maliciously-crafted BMP image may result in an application crash or arbitrary code execution

Description: By carefully crafting a corrupt BMP image, an attacker can trigger a buffer overflow which may result in an application crash or arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user. This update addresses the issue by performing additional validation of BMP images.

This issue was originally identified in CVE-2006-1983, but a new CVE name was assigned.

 

 

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