Check Point Advisories

Apple QuickTime udta Atom Parsing Heap Overflow (CVE-2007-0714)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2007-243
Date Published:	30 Sep 2009
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Sunday 07 June, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2007-0714
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	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 Apple QuickTime movie file (MOV), which is a proprietary format created by Apple Computer, Inc. An MOV file usually has the file extension ".mov". There exists a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Apple QuickTime. The flaw is caused by improper parsing of forged size fields in the file. In an attack case where code injection is not successful, the vulnerable Quicktime application processing the malicious MOV file will terminate abnormally. In a more sophisticated attack, where code injection is successful, the behaviour of the target is entirely dependent on the intended function of the injected code. The code in such a case would execute within the security context of the current user.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability

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

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Apple QuickTime udta Atom Parsing Heap Overflow protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Apple QuickTime Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Apple QuickTime udta atom parsing heap overflow