Apple Quicktime Movie Stack Overflow Vulnerability
15 Nov. 2007
Summary
A vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of 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 within the parsing of a malformed movie atom. Specifying a large size will result in a stack overflow. If exploited, remote code execution can be achieved with the credentials of the logged in user.