CVE - CVE-2007-2175

CVE-ID
CVE-2007-2175	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Apple QuickTime Java extensions (QTJava.dll), as used in Safari and other browsers, and when Java is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via parameters to the toQTPointer method in quicktime.util.QTHandleRef, which can be used to modify arbitrary memory when creating QTPointerRef objects, as demonstrated during the "PWN 2 0WN" contest at CanSecWest 2007.
References
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APPLE:APPLE-SA-2007-05-01 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00001.html BUGTRAQ:20070501 ZDI-07-023: Apple QTJava toQTPointer() Pointer Arithmetic Memory Overwrite Vulnerability URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467319/100/0/threaded CERT-VN:VU#420668 URL:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/420668 CONFIRM:http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305446 MISC:http://cansecwest.com/post/2007-04-20-14:54:00.First_Mac_Hacked_Cancel_Or_Allow MISC:http://www.matasano.com/log/806/hot-off-the-matasano-sms-queue-cansec-macbook-challenge-won/ MISC:http://www.matasano.com/log/812/breaking-macbook-vuln-in-quicktime-affects-win32-apple-code/ MISC:http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/20/pwn-2-own_winner/ MISC:http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-023.html OSVDB:34178 URL:~~http://www.osvdb.org/34178~~ (Obsolete source) SECTRACK:1017950 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017950 XF:quicktime-unspecified-code-execution(33827) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33827
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20070424	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20070424)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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