Apple QuickTime udta Atom Buffer Overflow (CVE-2006-1460)

Apple QuickTime is a multimedia player that supports a wide range of media formats. The software supports parsing and displaying picture files as well as numerous video formats. QuickTime is capable of processing the Apple QuickTime movie file format, which is a proprietary format created by Appl...

QuickTime MOV file udta Atom buffer overflow

Added: 05/24/2006 CVE: CVE-2006-1460 BID: 17953 OSVDB: 25509 Background QuickTime is a media player for Windows and Mac OS platforms. Problem A buffer overflow in QuickTime allows command execution by a specially crafted Movie MOV file containing a long udta Atom. Resolution Upgrade to QuickTime...

CVE-2006-1460

Apple QuickTime before 7.1 is affected by CVE-2006-1460 due to a heap buffer overflow in the udta Atom of MOV files. A crafted MOV containing an oversized udta Atom can trigger memory overwrite, leading to remote code execution under the user’s context. Affected products include QuickTime for Win...