Title : Apple iTunes Advanced Audio Coding File Handling Integer Overflow Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-2601 CVE ID : CVE-2006-1467
Rated as : Critical
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2006-06-29
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Apple iTunes, which could be exploited by remote attackers to take complete control of an affected system. This flaw is due to an integer overflow error in the AAC file parsing code that does not properly handle a malformed "sample_size_table" value, which could be exploited by remote attackers to crash a vulnerable application or execute arbitrary commands by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted AAC file.
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