Text tracking heap 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: 53574
Cve id: CVE-2012-0664

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.

In versions earlier than Apple QuickTime 7.7.2 on Windows, the heap buffer overflow security vulnerability exists when processing special text tracking in video files. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause DOS.

<* Source: Alexander Gavrun

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/