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Apple Fixes 9 Security flaws with QuickTime 7.5.5

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On Tuesday, Apple posted the complete list of security issues addressed with QuickTime 7.5.5 to its list server.

The fixes were for both Mac OS X and Windows systems and were described as follows:

QuickTime
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-3615
Available for: Windows Vista, XP SP2 and SP3

Impact: Viewing a maliciously crafted movie file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution Description: An uninitialized memory access issue exists in the third-party Indeo v5 codec for QuickTime, which does not ship with QuickTime. Viewing a maliciously crafted movie file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue by not rendering content encoded with any version of the Indeo codec. This issue does not affect systems running Mac OS X. Credit to Paul Byrne of NGSSoftware for reporting this issue.

QuickTime
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-3635
Available for: Windows Vista, XP SP2 and SP3

Impact: Viewing a maliciously crafted movie file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution Description: A stack buffer overflow exists in the third-party Indeo v3.2 codec for QuickTime. Viewing a maliciously crafted movie file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue by not rendering content encoded with any version of the Indeo codec. This issue does not affect systems running Mac OS X. Credit to an anonymous researcher working with TippingPointis Zero Day Initiative for reporting this issue.


QuickTime
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-3624
Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.9 - v10.4.11,
Mac OS X v10.5 or later, Windows Vista, XP SP2 and SP3

Impact: Viewing a maliciously crafted QTVR movie file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution Description: A heap buffer overflow exists in QuickTimeis handling of panorama atoms in QTVR (QuickTime Virtual Reality) movie files. Viewing a maliciously crafted QTVR file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue through improved bounds checking of panorama atoms. Credit to Roee Hay of IBM Rational Application Security Research Group for reporting this issue.

QuickTime
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-3625
Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.9 - v10.4.11,
Mac OS X v10.5 or later, Windows Vista, XP SP2 and SP3 

Impact: Viewing a maliciously crafted QTVR movie file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution Description: A stack buffer overflow exists in QuickTimeis handling of panorama atoms in QTVR (QuickTime Virtual Reality) movie files. Viewing a maliciously crafted QTVR file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue through improved bounds checking of panorama atoms. Credit to an anonymous researcher working with TippingPointis Zero Day Initiative for reporting this issue.

QuickTime
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-3614
Available for: Windows Vista, XP SP2 and SP3

Impact: Opening a maliciously crafted PICT image may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution Description: An integer overflow exists in QuickTimeis handling of PICT images. Opening a maliciously crafted PICT image may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue by performing additional validation of PICT images. Credit to an anonymous researcher working with the iDefense VCP for reporting this issue.

QuickTime
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-3626
Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.9 - v10.4.11,
Mac OS X v10.5 or later, Windows Vista, XP SP2 and SP3 

Impact: Viewing a maliciously crafted movie file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution Description: A memory corruption issue exists in QuickTimeis handling of STSZ atoms in movie files. Viewing a maliciously crafted movie file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue through improved bounds checking of STSZ atoms. Credit to an anonymous researcher working with TippingPointis Zero Day Initiative for reporting this issue.


QuickTime
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-3627
Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.9 - v10.4.11,
Mac OS X v10.5 or later, Windows Vista, XP SP2 and SP3

Impact: Viewing a maliciously crafted movie file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution Description: Multiple memory corruption exist in QuickTimeis handling of H.264 encoded movie files. Viewing a maliciously crafted movie file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue by performing additional validation of H.264 encoded movie files. Credit to an anonymous researcher and Subreption LLC working with TippingPointis Zero Day Initiative for reporting this issue.

QuickTime
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-3628
Available for: Windows Vista, XP SP2 and SP3

Impact: Opening a maliciously crafted PICT image may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution Description: An invalid pointer issue exists in QuickTimeis handling of PICT images. Opening a maliciously crafted PICT image may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue by correctly saving and restoring a global variable. This issue does not affect systems running Mac OS X. Credit to David Wharton for reporting this issue.

QuickTime
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-3629
Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.9 - v10.4.11,
Mac OS X v10.5 or later, Windows Vista, XP SP2 and SP3

Impact: Opening a maliciously crafted PICT image may lead to an unexpected application termination Description: An out-of-bounds read issue exists in QuickTimeis handling of PICT images. Opening a maliciously crafted PICT image may lead to an unexpected application termination. This update addresses the issue by performing additional validation of PICT images. Credit to Sergio ishadowni Alvarez of n.runs AG for reporting this issue.

The latest version of QuickTime can be downloaded from Appleis QuickTime site.

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