CVE-2008-3627 Information

Description

Apple QuickTime before 7.5.5 does not properly handle (1) MDAT atoms in MP4 video files within QuickTimeH264.qtx (2) MDAT atoms in mov video files within QuickTimeH264.scalar and (3) AVC1 atoms in an unknown media type within an unspecified component which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap corruption and application crash) via a crafted H.264 encoded movie file.

Reference

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00000.html http://secunia.com/advisories/31821 http://securitytracker.com/id?1020841 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3027 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496163/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496175/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496176/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31086 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2527 http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-060/ http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-061/ http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-062/ https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A16164