National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-2206

Overview

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the AudioCodecs library in the CoreAudio component in Apple iPhone OS before 3.1, and iPhone OS before 3.1.1 for iPod touch, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted (1) AAC or (2) MP3 file, as demonstrated by a ringtone with malformed entries in the sample size table.

Impact

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3860

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3860

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2009-09-09-1

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00001.html

External Source: XF

Name: ipod-iphone-aac-mp3-bo(53180)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/53180

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2009-007.txt

Hyperlink:http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2009-007.txt

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1022869

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022869

External Source: BID

Name: 36338

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36338

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20090914 [TKADV2009-007] Apple iPhone OS AudioCodecs Heap Buffer Overflow

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/506464/100/0/threaded

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 36677

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/36677