Buffer overflow in Apple Quicktime

CVE-2008-0778

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in an ActiveX control in QTPlugin.ocx for Apple QuickTime 7.4.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via long arguments to the (1) SetBgColor, (2) SetHREF, (3) SetMovieName, (4) SetTarget, and (5) SetMatrix methods.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.092 (94.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Apple Quicktime
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SREASON, third-party-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)