Apple QuickTime before 7.0.3 allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite memory and execute arbitrary code via a crafted PICT file that…

Description

Apple QuickTime before 7.0.3 allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite memory and execute arbitrary code via a crafted PICT file that triggers an overflow during expansion.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

4.2% · top 8.9% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (10)

• VU#855118 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• 20478 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• 1015152 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302772 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 17428 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 144 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
• http://pb.specialised.info/all/adv/quicktime-pict-adv.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 20051104 Advisory: Apple QuickTime PICT Remote Memory Overwrite (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• ADV-2005-2293 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 15309 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 22:45 UTC.