CVE-2007-2175 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information

CVE Reference: CVE-2007-2175
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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.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: XF http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/33827 ST 1017950 OSVDB 34178 MISC http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-023.html http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/20/pwn-2-own_winner/ http://www.matasano.com/log/806/hot-off-the-matasano-sms-queue-cansec-macbook-challenge-won/ http://www.matasano.com/log/812/breaking-macbook-vuln-in-quicktime-affects-win32-apple-code/ http://cansecwest.com/post/2007-04-20-14:54:00.First_Mac_Hacked_Cancel_Or_Allow CONFIRM http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305446 CERT-VN 420668 BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/467319/100/0/threaded APPLE http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00001.html

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