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Apple iTunes Playlist Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Last Update Date: 28 Jan 2011 Release Date: 23 Sep 2009 5519 Views

RISK: Medium Risk

A vulnerability has been identified in Apple iTunes, which could be exploited by attackers to compromise a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow error when processing playlist ".pls" files containing malformed data, which could be exploited by attackers to crash an affected application or execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a malicious playlist file.


Impact

  • Remote Code Execution

System / Technologies affected

  • Apple iTunes versions prior to 9.0.1

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