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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2005-2340

Original release date:12/31/2005
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple Quicktime before 7.0.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) QuickTime Image File (QTIF), (2) PICT, or (3) JPEG format image with a long data field.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:7.5 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides user account access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA06-011A
Name: TA06-011A
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-011A.html
US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#687201
Name: VU#687201
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/687201
US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#629845
Name: VU#629845
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/629845
External Source: XF
Name: quicktime-qtif-bo(24054)
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/24054
External Source: BID
Name: 16202
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16202
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 22335
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/22335
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 22334
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/22334
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 22333
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/22333
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2006-0128
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/0128
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1015463
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1015463
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 18370
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/18370
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2006-01-10
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303101
External Source: BID
Name: 16212
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16212
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20060111 [EEYEB-20051220] Apple QuickTime QTIF Stack Overflow
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/421566/100/0/threaded
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20060111 Updated Advisories - Incorrect CVE Information
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/421547/100/0/threaded
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.cirt.dk/advisories/cirt-41-advisory.pdf
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://www.cirt.dk/advisories/cirt-41-advisory.pdf
External Source: FULLDISC
Name: 20060111 Updated Advisories - Incorrect CVE Information
Hyperlink:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-01/0402.html
External Source: FULLDISC
Name: 20060111 [EEYEB-20051220] Apple QuickTime QTIF Stack Overflow
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-01/0398.html
External Source: FULLDISC
Name: 20060111 [CIRT.DK] Apple QuickTime 7.0.3 and earlier - JPG/PICT Buffer Overflow
Hyperlink:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-01/0392.html
External Source: SREASON
Name: 332
Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/332

Vulnerable software and versions

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spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:apple:quicktime:7.0
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:apple:quicktime:7.0.1
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:apple:quicktime:7.0.2
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:apple:quicktime:7.0.3 and previous versions
* Denotes Vulnerable Software
* Changes related to vulnerability configurations

Technical Details

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2340