National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2005-2756
Original release date:11/05/2005
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Apple QuickTime before 7.0.3 allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite memory and execute arbitrary code via a crafted PICT file that triggers an overflow during expansion.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
4.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: High
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 Vulnerability Note: VU#855118
Name: VU#855118
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1015152
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: BID
Name: 15309
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20051104 Advisory: Apple QuickTime PICT Remote Memory Overwrite
Type: Advisory
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 20478
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2005-2293
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 17428
External Source: MISC
Name: http://pb.specialised.info/all/adv/quicktime-pict-adv.txt
Type: Advisory
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302772
External Source: SREASON
Name: 144
