This document describes the security content of QuickTime 7.1.3E, which can be downloaded and installed via Software Update preferences, or from Apple Downloads.
For the protection of our customers, Apple does not disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until a full investigation has occurred and any necessary patches or releases are available. To learn more about Apple Product Security, see the Apple Product Security website.
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Where possible, CVE IDs are used to reference the vulnerabilities for further information.
To learn about other Security Updates, see "Apple Security Updates."
QuickTime
CVE-ID: CVE-2006-4381, CVE-2006-4386
Available for: Mac OS X v10.3.9 and later, Windows XP/2000
Impact: Viewing a maliciously-crafted H.264 movie may lead to 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 lead to 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 Sowhat of Nevis Labs, Mike Price of McAfee AVERT Labs, and Piotr Bania for reporting these issues.
QuickTime
CVE-ID: CVE-2006-4382
Available for: Mac OS X v10.3.9 and later, Windows XP/2000
Impact: Viewing a maliciously-crafted QuickTime movie may lead to an application crash or arbitrary code execution
Description: By carefully crafting a corrupt QuickTime movie, an attacker can trigger a buffer overflow which may lead to 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.
QuickTime
CVE-ID: CVE-2006-4384
Available for: Mac OS X v10.3.9 and later, Windows XP/2000
Impact: Viewing a maliciously-crafted FLC movie may lead to an application crash or arbitrary code execution
Description: By carefully crafting a corrupt FLC movie, an attacker can trigger a heap buffer overflow which may lead to an application crash or arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user. This update addresses the issue by performing additional validation of FLC movies. Credit to Ruben Santamarta of reversemode.com working with the iDefense VCP Program, and Mike Price of McAfee AVERT Labs for reporting this issue.
QuickTime
CVE-ID: CVE-2006-4388
Available for: Mac OS X v10.3.9 and later, Windows XP/2000
Impact: Viewing a maliciously-crafted FlashPix may lead to an application crash or arbitrary code execution
Description: By carefully crafting a corrupt FlashPix file, an attacker can trigger an integer overflow or buffer overflow which may lead to an application crash or arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user. This update addresses the issue by performing additional validation of FlashPix files. Credit to Mike Price of McAfee AVERT Labs for reporting this issue.
QuickTime
CVE-ID: CVE-2006-4389
Available for: Mac OS X v10.3.9 and later, Windows XP/2000
Impact: Viewing a maliciously-crafted FlashPix may lead to an application crash or arbitrary code execution
Description: By carefully crafting a corrupt FlashPix file, an attacker can trigger an exception leaving an uninitialized object. This may lead to an application crash or arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user. This update addresses the issue by performing additional validation of FlashPix files. Credit to Mike Price of McAfee AVERT Labs for reporting this issue.
QuickTime
CVE-ID: CVE-2006-4385
Available for: Mac OS X v10.3.9 and later, Windows XP/2000
Impact: Viewing a maliciously-crafted SGI image may lead to an application crash or arbitrary code execution
Description: By carefully crafting a corrupt SGI image, an attacker can trigger a buffer overflow which may lead to an application crash or arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user. This update addresses the issue by performing additional validation of SGI image files. Credit to Mike Price of McAfee AVERT Labs for reporting this issue.
QuickTime
CVE-ID: CVE-2007-0754
Available for: Mac OS X v10.3.9 and later, Windows XP/2000
Impact: Viewing a maliciously-crafted QuickTime movie may lead to an application crash or arbitrary code execution
Description: By carefully crafting a corrupt QuickTime movie, an attacker can trigger a buffer overflow which may lead to 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 Ganesh Devaraja of TippingPoint DVLabs for reporting this issue.