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CVE-2008-1581
Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.5 on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and…
Medium6.8EPSS 4.6%
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- mitre
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.5 on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted packed scanlines in PixData structures in a PICT image.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.6% · top 8.3% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (11)
- 20080610 Secunia Research: Apple QuickTime PICT Image Parsing Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- TA08-162C (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- quicktime-pixdata-bo(42943) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1020213 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2008-06-09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 29293 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1776 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-9/advisory/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 29619 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 29649 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1991 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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