Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application termination)…

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application termination) and execute arbitrary code via an AVI movie file with an invalid nBlockAlign value in the _WAVEFORMATEX structure.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

9.4% · top 4.6% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (9)

• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-006/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• TA09-022A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• 51526 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2009-01-21 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• ADV-2009-0212 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6218 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 33387 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3403 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 33632 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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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[![CVE-2009-0003](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2009-0003.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2009-0003)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 04:17 UTC.