Quicktime 7.5 Update Today
Nathan Beaman
Apple released the Quicktime 7.5 Update Today. Read the release notes here or below. As always upgrade at your own risk (never in the middle of a project!) I have a guinea pig system and will report any issues. If you need to go back you can always check out our Quicktimes Archives resource.
Products Affected
QuickTime, Security
QuickTime 7.5* QuickTime
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-1581
Available for: Windows Vista, XP SP2
Impact: Opening a maliciously crafted PICT image file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: An issue in QuickTime’s handling of PixData structures when processing a PICT image may result in a heap buffer overflow. Opening a maliciously crafted PICT image may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue through improved bounds checking. This issue does not affect systems running Mac OS X. Credit to Dyon Balding of Secunia Research for reporting this issue.* QuickTime
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-1582
Available for: Mac OS X v10.3.9, Mac OS X v10.4.9 - v10.4.11, Mac OS X v10.5 or later, Windows Vista, XP SP2
Impact: Opening a maliciously crafted AAC-encoded media content may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue exists in QuickTime’s handling of AAC-encoded media content. Opening a maliciously crafted media file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue by performing additional validation of media files. Credit to Dave Soldera of NGS Software, and Jens Alfke for reporting this issue.* QuickTime
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-1583
Available for: Mac OS X v10.3.9, Mac OS X v10.4.9 - v10.4.11, Mac OS X v10.5 or later, Windows Vista, XP SP2
Impact: Opening a maliciously crafted PICT image file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A heap buffer overflow exists in QuickTime’s handling of PICT images. Opening a maliciously crafted PICT image file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue through improved bounds checking. Credit to Liam O Murchu of Symantec for reporting this issue.* QuickTime
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-1584
Available for: Mac OS X v10.3.9, Mac OS X v10.4.9 - v10.4.11, Mac OS X v10.5 or later, Windows Vista, XP SP2
Impact: Viewing maliciously crafted Indeo video media content may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: An issue in QuickTime’s handling of Indeo video codec content may result in a stack buffer overflow. Viewing a maliciously crafted movie file with Indeo video codec content may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue by not rendering Indeo video codec content. Credit to an anonymous researcher working with TippingPoint’s Zero Day Initiative for reporting this issue.* QuickTime
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-1585
Available for: Mac OS X v10.3.9, Mac OS X v10.4.9 - v10.4.11, Mac OS X v10.5 or later, Windows Vista, XP SP2
Impact: Playing maliciously crafted QuickTime content in QuickTime Player may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A URL handling issue exists in QuickTime’s handling of file: URLs. This may allow arbitrary applications and files to be launched when a user plays maliciously crafted QuickTime content in QuickTime Player. This update addresses the issue by revealing files in Finder or Windows Explorer rather than launching them. Credit to Vinoo Thomas and Rahul Mohandas of McAfee Avert Labs, and Petko D. (pdp) Petkov of GNUCITIZEN working with TippingPoint’s Zero Day Initiative for reporting this issue.
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