Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-4116 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in Apple Itunes and Quicktime
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
Buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime 7.5.5 and iTunes 8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long type attribute in a quicktime tag (1) on a web page or embedded in a (2) .mp4 or (3) .mov file, possibly related to the Check_stack_cookie function and an off-by-one error that leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 2 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
Exploit-Db
| description | QuickTime 7.5.5 / ITunes 8.0 Remote off by one Crash Exploit. CVE-2008-4116. Dos exploits for multiple platform |
| file | exploits/multiple/dos/6471.pl |
| id | EDB-ID:6471 |
| last seen | 2016-01-31 |
| modified | 2008-09-16 |
| platform | multiple |
| port | |
| published | 2008-09-16 |
| reporter | securfrog |
| source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/6471/ |
| title | QuickTime 7.5.5 / ITunes 8.0 - Remote off by one Crash Exploit |
| type | dos |
Oval
accepted 2008-11-10T04:00:09.283-05:00 class vulnerability contributors name Chandan S organization SecPod Technologies name J. Daniel Brown organization DTCC name Shane Shaffer organization G2, Inc. name Shane Shaffer organization G2, Inc.
definition_extensions comment Microsoft Windows XP (x86) SP2 is installed oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:754 comment Microsoft Windows XP (x86) SP3 is installed oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5631 comment Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit) is installed oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1282 comment Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit) Service Pack 1 is installed oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:4873
description Buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime 7.5.5 and iTunes 8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long type attribute in a quicktime tag (1) on a web page or embedded in a (2) .mp4 or (3) .mov file, possibly related to the Check_stack_cookie function and an off-by-one error that leads to a heap-based buffer overflow. family windows id oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5936 status deprecated submitted 2008-09-24T20:44:22 title Apple QuickTime Filetype Remote Off-By-One Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability version 24 accepted 2009-11-09T04:00:35.521-05:00 class vulnerability contributors name Chandan S organization SecPod Technologies name Mike Lah organization The MITRE Corporation name J. Daniel Brown organization DTCC name Scott Quint organization Quintechssential name Pooja Shetty organization SecPod Technologies name Shane Shaffer organization G2, Inc. name Bernd Eggenmueller organization baramundi software
definition_extensions comment Microsoft Windows XP (x86) SP2 is installed oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:754 comment Microsoft Windows XP (x86) SP3 is installed oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5631 comment Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit) is installed oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1282 comment Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit) Service Pack 1 is installed oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:4873
description Buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime 7.5.5 and iTunes 8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long type attribute in a quicktime tag (1) on a web page or embedded in a (2) .mp4 or (3) .mov file, possibly related to the Check_stack_cookie function and an off-by-one error that leads to a heap-based buffer overflow. family windows id oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6113 status deprecated submitted 2008-09-25T19:13:15 title Apple iTunes Filetype Remote Off-By-One Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability version 27 accepted 2015-06-22T04:00:50.251-04:00 class vulnerability contributors name J. Daniel Brown organization DTCC name Scott Quint organization Quintechssential name Shane Shaffer organization G2, Inc. name Pooja Shetty organization SecPod Technologies name Shane Shaffer organization G2, Inc. name Maria Kedovskaya organization ALTX-SOFT name Shane Shaffer organization G2, Inc. name Bernd Eggenmueller organization baramundi software
definition_extensions comment Apple QuickTime is installed oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12443 comment Apple iTunes is installed oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12353
description Buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime 7.5.5 and iTunes 8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long type attribute in a quicktime tag (1) on a web page or embedded in a (2) .mp4 or (3) .mov file, possibly related to the Check_stack_cookie function and an off-by-one error that leads to a heap-based buffer overflow. family windows id oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7995 status accepted submitted 2010-01-12T23:30:00.000-05:00 title Apple iTunes Filetype Remote Off-By-One Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability version 16
References
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4270
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31212
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45311
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5936
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6113
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7995
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6471