[Full-disclosure] Secunia Research: QuickTime Sorenson Video 3 Content Parsing Vulnerability

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                     Secunia Research 02/06/2009

     - QuickTime Sorenson Video 3 Content Parsing Vulnerability -

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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

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1) Affected Software 

* Apple QuickTime 7.60

NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.

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2) Severity 

Rating: Highly critical
Impact: System compromise
Where:  Remote

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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/

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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 error in the parsing of Sorenson
Video 3 content. This can be exploited to corrupt memory by tricking 
a user into viewing a specially crafted movie file.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

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5) Solution 

Update to version 7.6.2.

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6) Time Table 

26/02/2009 - Vendor notified.
02/03/200X - Vendor response.
25/05/2009 - Status update requested.
26/05/2009 - Vendor provides status update.
02/06/2009 - Public disclosure.

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7) Credits 

Discovered by Carsten Eiram, Secunia Research.

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8) References

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned 
CVE-2009-0188 for the vulnerability.

Apple:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3591

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10) Verification 

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