Quicktime Patch Available
Dave G. | May 1st, 2007 | Filed Under: Apple, Disclosure
It’s ok, Apple just fixed it.
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime716formac.html
So it was QuickTime for Java
Available for: Mac OS X v10.3.9, Mac OS X v10.4.9, Windows XP SP2,
Windows 2000 SP4Impact: Visiting a malicious website may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: An implementation issue exists in QuickTime for Java, which may allow reading or writing out of the bounds of the allocated heap. By enticing a user to visit a web page containing a maliciously-crafted Java applet, an attacker can trigger the issue which may lead to arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue by performing additional bounds checking when creating QTPointerRef objects. Credit to Dino Dai Zovi working with TippingPoint and the Zero Day Initiative for reporting this issue.
For more reporting, go to Ryan Naraine’s blog.
Get your patch on.
ZDI Advisory here.


David Schor
May 1st, 2007 5:49 pmGood news for all.
Max
May 2nd, 2007 1:07 amThanks to Dino for finding the issue and to Apple for such a quick reaction.
That’s how it should be.
Exploit found.
Exploit fixed.
Nothing exploited but a few media articles…
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