Check Point Advisories

Apple QuickTime TeXML textBox Element Memory Corruption (CVE-2013-1015)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2013-1668
Date Published: 1 Jul 2013
Severity: High
Last Updated: Monday 17 November, 2014
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2013-1015
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description A memory corruption vulnerability exists in Apple QuickTime. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of coordinate values in textBox and defaultTextBox in QuickTime TeXML files. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing a user to process a maliciously crafted TeXML file.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Apple QuickTime TeXML textBox Element Memory Corruption protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. 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 TeXML textBox Element Memory Corruption

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