National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-2238

Overview

Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted BMP file that triggers the overflow in the ReadBMP function. NOTE: this issue was originally included as item 3 in CVE-2006-1983, but it has been given a separate identifier because it is a distinct issue.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Solution

This vulnerability is addressed in the following product release: Apple, QuickTime, 7.1 for Mac OS X (latest update)}

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA06-132B

Name: TA06-132B

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-132B.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2006-05-11

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/May/msg00002.html

External Source: XF

Name: quicktime-bmp-bo(26402)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/26402

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-1778

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1778

External Source: BID

Name: 17953

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17953

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.security-protocols.com/sp-x27-advisory.php

Type: Advisory; Exploit

Hyperlink:http://www.security-protocols.com/sp-x27-advisory.php

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 24820

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/24820

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1016067

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1016067

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 20069

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/20069