QTMovie object stack overflow vulnerability in versions earlier than Apple QuickTime 7.7.2

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Affected Systems:
Apple QuickTime Player 7.x
Unaffected system:
Apple QuickTime Player 7.7.2
Description:
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Bugtraq id: 53577
Cve id: CVE-2012-0666

QuickTime is a multimedia architecture developed by Apple Computer. It can process many digital videos, media paragraphs, sound effects, text, animations, music formats, and interactive panoramic images.

The plug-in earlier than Apple QuickTime 7.7.2 on Windows has a stack overflow security vulnerability when processing specially crafted QTMovie files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause DOS.

<* Source: Chkr_d591

Link: http://secunia.com/advisories/47447/
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Suggestion:
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Vendor patch:

Apple
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The vendor has released a patch to fix this security problem. Please download it from the vendor's homepage:

Http://support.apple.com/