Buffer overflow in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2007-6166
Stack-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.3.1, as used in QuickTime Player on Windows XP and Safari on Mac OS X, allows remote Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) servers to execute arbitrary code via an RTSP response with a long Content-Type header.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.419 (98.6th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 99th percentile — 98.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.419 · newest: 0.419 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X — versions 10.3.9, 10.4.9, 10.5
- Apple Quicktime — versions 3.0, 4.1.2, 5.0
- Apple Safari
- Microsoft Windows Vista
- Microsoft Windows Xp
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/26549 (vdb-entry)
- www.beskerming.com/security/2007/11/25/74/QuickTime_-_Remote_hacker_automatic_c…
- securityreason.com/securityalert/3410 (third-party-advisory)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4648 (exploit)
- docs.info.apple.com/article.html
- lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-08.xml (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/26560 (vdb-entry)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-334A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/659761 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2007-6166?
- CVE-2007-6166 is a vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2007-11-29.
- Is CVE-2007-6166 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.