Check Point Advisories

Apple QuickTime Text Track Descriptors Heap Buffer Overflow (CVE-2012-0664)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2012-328
Date Published:	6 Aug 2012
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Tuesday 16 April, 2024
Source:	CVE-2012-0664
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Apple Computer QuickTime prior to 7.7.2
Vulnerability Description	A heap buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in Apple QuickTime.
Vulnerability Details	The vulnerability is due to improper validation of parameters lengths. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing a victim to open a specially crafted QuickTime Text file with an affected version of QuickTime. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the security context of the logged-on user.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your product to the latest update. For information on how to update , go to SBP-2006-05, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R75 / R71 / R70

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Apple QuickTime Text Track Descriptors Heap Buffer Overflow protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all modules.

SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: Apple QuickTime Protection Violation
Attack Information: Apple QuickTime Text Track Descriptors Heap Buffer Overflow