Check Point Advisories

Apple QuickTime JPEG 2000 COD Length Integer Underflow (CVE-2011-3250)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2012-168
Date Published:	10 May 2012
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Thursday 10 May, 2012
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2011-3250
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Apple QuickTime. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of certain values while handling JPEG 2000 files. A remote attacker may exploit this issue by enticing target users to open a specially crafted JPEG 2000 file with an affected version of QuickTime media player. Successful exploitation could cause a memory corruption in such a way that would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block malicious JPEG 2000 files.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Apple QuickTime JPEG 2000 COD Length Integer Underflow protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Apple QuickTime Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Apple QuickTime JPEG 2000 COD length integer underflow