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Credit:
The original article can be found at: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-045
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Vulnerable Systems:
* Apple QuickTime
User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.
The specific flaw exists during the parsing of MPEG content. Upon reading a field used for compression within a 'genl' atom in the movie container, the application will decompress outside the boundary of an allocated buffer. Successful exploitation can lead to code execution under the context of the application.
Patch Availability:
Apple has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4104
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
CVE Information:
CVE-2010-0526
Disclosure Timeline:
2009-11-06 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2010-04-02 - Coordinated public release of advisory
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