Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.6.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted FlashPix file.

The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.6 that is older than version 10.6.2.  Mac OS X 10.6.2 contains security fixes for the following products : 

  - Adaptive Firewall

  - Apache

  - Apache Protable Runtime

  - Certificate Assistant

  - CoreMedia

  - CUPS

  - DoveCot

  - fetchmail

  - file

  - FTP Server

  - Help Viewer

  - ImageIO

  - IOKit

  - IPSec

  - Kernel

  - Launch Services

  - libsecurity

  - libxml

 Login Window

  - OpenLDAP

  - QuickDraw Manager

QuickTime

  - Screen Sharing

  - Subversion

The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.6.x that is prior to 10.6.2.

Mac OS X 10.6.2 contains security fixes for the following products :

  - Adaptive Firewall
  - Apache
  - Apache Portable Runtime
  - Certificate Assistant
  - CoreMedia
  - CUPS
  - Dovecot
  - fetchmail
  - file
  - FTP Server
  - Help Viewer
  - ImageIO
  - IOKit
  - IPSec
  - Kernel
  - Launch Services
  - libsecurity
  - libxml
  - Login Window
  - OpenLDAP
  - QuickDraw Manager
  - QuickTime
  - Screen Sharing
  - Subversion

The version of QuickTime installed on the remote host is older than 7.6.4. Such versions contain multiple issues : 

  - A memory corruption issue exists in the handling of H.264 movie files. (CVE-2009-2202)

  - A buffer overflow in the handling of MPEG-4 video files. (CVE-2009-2203)

  - A heap buffer overflow exists in the handling of FlashPix files. (CVE-2009-2798)

  - A heap buffer overflow exists in the handling of H.264 movie files. (CVE-2009-2799)

The version of QuickTime installed on the remote Windows host is older than 7.6.4.  Such versions contain several vulnerabilities :

  - A memory corruption issue in QuickTime's handling of     H.264 movie files may lead to an application crash     or arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2009-2202)

  - A buffer overflow in QuickTime's handling of MPEG-4     video files may lead to an application crash or     arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2009-2203)

  - A heap-based buffer overflow in QuickTime's handling of     FlashPix files may lead to an application crash or     arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2009-2798)

  - A heap-based buffer overflow in QuickTime's handling of     H.264 movie files may lead to an application crash or     arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2009-2799)

The version of QuickTime installed on the remote Mac OS X host is older than 7.6.4.  Such versions contain several vulnerabilities :

  - A memory corruption issue in QuickTime's handling of     H.264 movie files may lead to an application crash     or arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2009-2202)

  - A buffer overflow in QuickTime's handling of MPEG-4     video files may lead to an application crash or     arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2009-2203)

  - A heap buffer overflow in QuickTime's handling of     FlashPix files may lead to an application crash or     arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2009-2798)

  - A heap buffer overflow in QuickTime's handling of H.264     movie files may lead to an application crash or     arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2009-2799)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
5227	Mac OS X 10.6 < 10.6.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	Generic	critical
42434	Mac OS X 10.6.x < 10.6.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	critical
5159	QuickTime < 7.6.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	Web Clients	medium
40929	QuickTime < 7.6.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Windows)	Nessus	Windows	high
40928	QuickTime < 7.6.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	high

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2009-2798

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Tenable Plugins

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