PT-2017-1780

CVE-2017-2413

Published

2017-04-02

Updated

2017-07-12

Description by

CVSS 3.1

7.8

High

MetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to 10.12.4

Description The issue involves the QuickTime component and allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service, including memory corruption and application crash, via a crafted media file. This is due to a buffer overflow on the stack.

Recommendations For macOS versions prior to 10.12.4, update to version 10.12.4 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of the QuickTime component until a patch is applied.

Exploitability

Fix

Impacts

Researchers

Huangshaomang

Simon Huang

Vendors

Affected products

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Related identifiers

CVE-2017-2413