About the security content of iTunes 11.2

This document describes the security content of iTunes 11.2.

This update can be downloaded and installed using Software Update, or from the Apple Support website.

For the protection of our customers, Apple does not disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until a full investigation has occurred and any necessary patches or releases are available. To learn more about Apple Product Security, see the Apple Product Security website.

For information about the Apple Product Security PGP Key, see "How to use the Apple Product Security PGP Key."

Where possible, CVE IDs are used to reference the vulnerabilities for further information.

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iTunes 11.2

• iTunes

  Available for: Windows 8, Windows 7, Vista, and XP SP3 or later

  Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position can obtain iTunes credentials

  Description: Set-Cookie HTTP headers would be processed even if the connection closed before the header line was complete. An attacker could strip security settings from the cookie by forcing the connection to close before the security settings were sent, and then obtain the value of the unprotected cookie. This issue was addressed by ignoring incomplete HTTP header lines.

  CVE-ID

  CVE-2014-1296

• iTunes

  Available for: Windows 8, Windows 7, Vista, and XP SP3 or later

  Impact: Viewing a maliciously crafted audio or movie file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

  Description: A memory corruption issue existed in iTunes MP4 parsing. This issue was addressed through additional bounds checking.

  CVE-ID

  CVE-2014-8842 : Karl Smith of NCC Group