Apple updates: QuickTime 7.4, Front Row 2.1.2, iMovie 7.1.1

Tuesday, January 15, 2008 · 5:05 pm · 7 Comments

Apple today released updates for QuickTime 7.4, Front Row 2.1.2, and iMovie 7.1.1.

QuickTime 7.4 addresses security issues and delivers numerous bug fixes along with support for iTunes. Front Row 2.1.2 provides for bug fixes and improved iTunes compatibility. iMovie 7.1.1 addresses issues when publishing movies to a .Mac Web Gallery, improves overall stability, and addresses a number of other minor issues.

All of the updates are available via Software Update and also as standalone installers.

More info and download links:
• QuickTime 7.4 for Leopard (55MB)
• QuickTime 7.4 for Tiger (51MB)
• QuickTime 7.4 for Panther (50MB)
• QuickTime 7.4 for Windows (22MB)
• Front Row 2.1.2 (16.8MB)
• iMovie 7.1.1 (16MB)

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7 Comments

Mac-nugget

Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 7:00 pm · Reply

Apparently this QuickTime upgrade also patches that latest security flaws found recently. This according to MacFix it.

The new release also includes the following security enhancements:

“Viewing a maliciously crafted movie file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution A memory corruption issue exists in QuickTime’s handling of Sorenson 3 video files. This may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue by performing additional validation of Sorenson 3 video files. Credit to Joe Schottman of Virginia Tech for reporting this issue.
Viewing a maliciously crafted movie file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution A memory corruption issue exists in QuickTime’s handling of Macintosh Resource records in movie files. Opening a maliciously crafted movie file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue by performing additional validation of movie files. Credit to Jun Mao of VeriSign iDefense Labs for reporting this issue.
Viewing a maliciously crafted movie file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution A memory corruption issue exists in QuickTime’s parsing of Image Descriptor (IDSC) atoms. Opening a maliciously crafted movie file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue by performing additional validation of Image Descriptor atoms in movie files. Credit to Cody Pierce of TippingPoint DVLabs for reporting this issue.
Opening a maliciously crafted PICT image may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution A buffer overflow may occur while processing a compressed PICT image. Opening a maliciously crafted compressed PICT file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue by terminating decoding when the result would extend beyond the end of the destination buffer. Credit to Chris Ries of Carnegie Mellon University Computing Services for reporting this issue.”

macvirus

Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 10:57 pm · Reply

Security updates for a Mac? No way, I call bullshit because Macs don’t need them.

MrScrith

Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - 12:21 am · Reply

It’s weird that Apple can do so many things right, yet they still can’t play a video playlist from front row. I’ve got a ton of music videos from iTunes and several play lists of them, I don’t want to sit there with the remote selecting and playing each one, I just want them to play. Is that so hard?

MacOz

Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - 1:24 am · Reply

Nothing showing up in Software update here in Australia – any others in Aus finding the same?

I want to purchase the new iPod Touch Apps but need iTunes 7.6 to do this.

don

Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - 3:15 am · Reply

What ever happened to the Leopard update that was supposed to fix the issues with the Dock?

pocketRocket

Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - 8:26 am · Reply

@don

End of February maybe, along with the iPhone SDK…

Spoo

Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 7:08 pm · Reply

Adobe After Effects & Premiere Pro users beware – The Quicktime 7.4 update seriously cripples these two programs. Apple is apparently working on a fix.