CVE-2009-0956
N/A
Published: June 2, 2009 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:06 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorQuicktime
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
Description
Apple QuickTime before 7.6.2 does not properly initialize memory before use in handling movie files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a movie containing a user data atom of size zero.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (8)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00000.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/35091VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1469VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50896VDB EntrySignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Source: [email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16188Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399
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