National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-1577

Overview

Unspecified vulnerability in the Pixlet codec in Apple Pixlet Video in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted movie file, related to "multiple memory corruption issues."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA08-150A

Name: TA08-150A

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2008-05-28

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html

External Source: XF

Name: macosx-pixlet-code-execution(42706)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/42706

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-1697

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697

External Source: BID

Name: 29489

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29489

External Source: BID

Name: 29412

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29412

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1020132

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1020132

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30430

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30430