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CVE-2009-0003

N/A
Published: January 21, 2009 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:04 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorQuicktimemacOS· also runs on 2 platforms

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 9%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Quicktime· Applemaven
95%
v ≤ 7.5.53.04.1.25.05.0.15.0.26.06.16.56.5.16.5.27.07.0.17.0.27.0.37.0.47.17.1.17.1.27.1.37.1.47.1.57.1.67.27.37.3.17.3.1.707.47.4.17.4.47.4.57.5
apple-macos (environment) · microsoft-windows-vista (environment) · microsoft-windows-xp (environment)
macOS· Appledevice
80%
All versions

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (9)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jan/msg00000.html
VDB Entryx_refsource_OSVDB
Source: [email protected]
http://osvdb.org/51526
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/33632
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3403
VDB Entryx_refsource_BID
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33387
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-022A.html
VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0212
x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-006/

CVSS

9.3HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119

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