====================================================================== Secunia Research 11/11/2010 - QuickTime Sorenson Video 3 Array-Indexing Vulnerability - ====================================================================== Table of Contents Affected Software....................................................1 Severity.............................................................2 Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3 Description of Vulnerability.........................................4 Solution.............................................................5 Time Table...........................................................6 Credits..............................................................7 References...........................................................8 About Secunia........................................................9 Verification........................................................10 ====================================================================== 1) Affected Software * Apple QuickTime 7.6.6 and 7.6.8 NOTE: Other versions may also be affected. ====================================================================== 2) Severity Rating: Highly critical Impact: System compromise Where: Remote ====================================================================== 3) Vendor's Description of Software "When you hop aboard QuickTime 7 Player, you’re assured of a truly rich multimedia experience.". Product Link: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/player/ ====================================================================== 4) Description of Vulnerability Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in QuickTime, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused by an array-indexing error when parsing Sorenson Video 3 content and can be exploited to corrupt memory during decompression via a specially crafted file. Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code. ====================================================================== 5) Solution This will be addressed in an upcoming version for Windows. A fix is available for Mac OS X. ====================================================================== 6) Time Table 13/04/2010 - Vendor notified. 13/04/2010 - Vendor response. 26/10/2010 - Vendor provides status update. 11/11/2010 - Public disclosure. ====================================================================== 7) Credits Discovered by Carsten Eiram, Secunia Research. ====================================================================== 8) References The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned CVE-2010-3793 for the vulnerability. ====================================================================== 9) About Secunia Secunia offers vulnerability management solutions to corporate customers with verified and reliable vulnerability intelligence relevant to their specific system configuration: http://secunia.com/advisories/business_solutions/ Secunia also provides a publicly accessible and comprehensive advisory database as a service to the security community and private individuals, who are interested in or concerned about IT-security. http://secunia.com/advisories/ Secunia believes that it is important to support the community and to do active vulnerability research in order to aid improving the security and reliability of software in general: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/ Secunia regularly hires new skilled team members. Check the URL below to see currently vacant positions: http://secunia.com/corporate/jobs/ Secunia offers a FREE mailing list called Secunia Security Advisories: http://secunia.com/advisories/mailing_lists/ ====================================================================== 10) Verification Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-60/ Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/ ======================================================================