QuickTime: unspecified vulnerabilities allow arbitrary code execution via malicious movie files (CVE-2007-4707)
Description
Multiple vulnerabilities exist in QuickTime's Flash media handler, the most serious of which may lead to arbitrary code execution. With this update, the Flash media handler in QuickTime is disabled except for a limited number of existing QuickTime movies that are known to be safe. Credit to Tom Ferris of Adobe Secure Software Engineering Team (ASSET), Mike Price of McAfee Avert Labs, security researchers Lionel d'Hauenens & Brian Mariani of Syseclabs, and an anonymous researcher working with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative for reporting this issue.
Solution(s)
- quicktime-upgrade-7_3_1
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