CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
Percentile
99.4%
Apple QuickTime for Java contains a heap memory corruption vulnerability, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.
Apple QuickTime includes the ability to integrate QuickTime into Java applications and applets. This feature is known as QuickTime for Java. QuickTime for Java fails to properly validate parameters when QTPointerRef
objects are created, which can lead to heap memory corruption.
By convincing a user to run a malicious Java application or applet, a remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user. This can be accomplished by visiting a malicious web page with a Java-enabled web browser.
Apply an update
Apply an update, as specified in the Apple QuickTime 7.1.6 security update.
Disable Java
This vulnerability can be mitigated by disabling Java in your web browser. Instructions for disabling Java can be found in the “Securing Your Web Browser” document.
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Notified: April 24, 2007 Updated: May 02, 2007
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We have not received a statement from the vendor.
The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.
Please see the Apple QuickTime 7.1.6 security update.
If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us [email](<mailto:[email protected]?Subject=VU%23420668 Feedback>).
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This vulnerability was discovered by Dino Dai Zovi. An exploit for this vulnerability was demonstrated by Shane Macaulay at the CanSecWest 2007 conference.
This document was written by Will Dormann.
CVE IDs: | CVE-2007-2175 |
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Severity Metric: | 10.01 Date Public: |
developer.apple.com/documentation/Java/Reference/1.3.1/Java131API_QTJ/quicktime/util/QTPointerRef.html
developer.apple.com/quicktime/qtjava/
docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305446
secunia.com/advisories/25011/
www.cansecwest.com/post/2007-04-20-14:54:00.First_Mac_Hacked_Cancel_Or_Allow
www.matasano.com/log/812/breaking-macbook-vuln-in-quicktime-affects-win32-apple-code/
www.securityfocus.com/brief/488
www.securitytracker.com/id?1017950
www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-023.html