What is CVE-2015-7092?

CVE-2015-7092 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Quicktime, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.6/10. Published 2016-01-09.

How severe is CVE-2015-7092?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.6 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Apple Quicktime

CVE-2015-7092

Apple QuickTime before 7.7.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted TXXX frame within an ID3 tag in MP3 data in a movie file, a differ…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.009 (76.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H.

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

product-security@apple.com (x_refsource_MISC)
APPLE-SA-2016-01-07-1 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE, Vendor Advisory)
1034610 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
product-security@apple.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-7092?: CVE-2015-7092 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Quicktime, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.6/10. Published 2016-01-09.
How severe is CVE-2015-7092?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.6 out of 10.