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Apple iTunes < 4.8 MPEG-4 File Handling Overflow

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2889

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

Description

The remote host is running iTunes - an application for managing and listening to music media files.
This version of iTunes is vulnerable to a buffer overflow. An attacker exploiting this flaw would need to be able to entice an iTunes user into opening a malformed file. Successful exploitation would result in the attacker executing arbitrary code on the remote system.

Solution

Upgrade to version 4.8 or higher.

See Also

http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/8545

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 2889

Family: Web Clients

Published: 5/10/2005

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 18214

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Temporal Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:apple:itunes

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1248