Apple QuickTime Atom Processing Heap Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Publish date: May 31, 2016
Severity: CRITICAL
Advisory Date: MAY 31, 2016
DESCRIPTION
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Apple QuickTime. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. An attacker could leverage this to execute arbitrary code under the context of the QuickTime player.
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
Apply associated Trend Micro DPI Rules.
SOLUTION
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1007595
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