Vulnerabilities > CVE-2012-0668 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in Apple Quicktime

047910
CVSS 9.3 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
network
apple
CWE-119
critical
nessus

Summary

Buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.7.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted movie file with RLE encoding.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Apple
132

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.

Nessus

  • NASL familyWindows
    NASL idQUICKTIME_772.NASL
    descriptionThe version of QuickTime installed on the remote Windows host is older than 7.7.2 and may be affected by the following vulnerabilities : - An uninitialized memory access issue exists in the handling of MP4 encoded files. (CVE-2011-3458) - An off-by-one buffer overflow exists in the handling of rdrf atoms in QuickTime movie files. (CVE-2011-3459) - A stack-based buffer overflow exists in the QuickTime plugin
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id59113
    published2012-05-16
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/59113
    titleQuickTime < 7.7.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Windows)
  • NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
    NASL idMACOSX_SECUPD2012-004.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.6 that does not have Security Update 2012-004 applied. This update contains multiple security-related fixes for the following components : - Apache - Data Security - DirectoryService - ImageIO - International Components for Unicode - Mail - PHP - QuickLook - QuickTime - Ruby
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id62213
    published2012-09-20
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/62213
    titleMac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2012-004) (BEAST)
  • NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
    NASL idMACOSX_10_7_5.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.7.x that is prior to 10.7.5. The newer version contains multiple security-related fixes for the following components : - Apache - BIND - CoreText - Data Security - ImageIO - Installer - International Components for Unicode - Kernel - Mail - PHP - Profile Manager - QuickLook - QuickTime - Ruby - USB
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id62214
    published2012-09-20
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/62214
    titleMac OS X 10.7.x < 10.7.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (BEAST)

Oval

accepted2013-07-29T04:00:22.788-04:00
classvulnerability
contributors
  • nameShane Shaffer
    organizationG2, Inc.
  • nameShane Shaffer
    organizationG2, Inc.
  • nameMaria Kedovskaya
    organizationALTX-SOFT
definition_extensions
commentApple QuickTime is installed
ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:12443
descriptionBuffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.7.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted movie file with RLE encoding.
familywindows
idoval:org.mitre.oval:def:15821
statusaccepted
submitted2012-12-11T16:37:33.623-05:00
titleBuffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.7.2 via a crafted movie file with RLE encoding
version7

Seebug

bulletinFamilyexploit
descriptionBUGTRAQ ID: 53547 CVE ID: CVE-2012-0663,CVE-2012-0664,CVE-2012-0665,CVE-2012-0666,CVE-2012-0667,CVE-2012-0668,CVE-2012-0669,CVE-2012-0670,CVE-2012-0671,CVE-2012-0265 OS X Lion Server 内含一组应用软件,可将任意一台Mac 变成功能强大的服务器。Mac OS是一套运行于苹果的Macintosh系列电脑上的操作系统。 Windows 7、Vista、XP上的Apple QuickTime 7.7.2之前版本在处理特制文件的实现上存在多个安全漏洞,可允许远程攻击者以当前用户权限执行任意代码。 0 Apple QuickTime Player 7.x 厂商补丁: Apple ----- Apple已经为此发布了一个安全公告(APPLE-SA-2012-05-09-1)以及相应补丁: APPLE-SA-2012-05-09-1:OS X Lion v10.7.4 and Security Update 2012-002
idSSV:60131
last seen2017-11-19
modified2012-05-17
published2012-05-17
reporterRoot
titleApple QuickTime 7.7.2之前版本多个远程任意代码执行漏洞