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Quicktime player/plug-in Heap overflow

Family:

Windows

Category:

infos

Copyright:

This script is Copyright (C) 2004 Jeff Adams

Summary:

Determines the version of QuickTime Player/Plug-in

Version:

$Revision: 1.5 $

Cve_id:

CAN-2004-0431

Bugtraq_id:

10257

Xrefs:

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Description:

The remote host is using QuickTime, a popular media player/Plug-in
which handles many Media files.

This version has a Heap overflow which may allow an attacker
to execute arbitrary code on this host, with the rights of the user
running QuickTime.

More Info: http://eeye.com/html/Research/Advisories/AD20040502.html

Solution : Uninstall this software or upgrade to version 6.5.1 or higher.
Risk factor : High