CVE-2008-0036 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted compressed PICT image, which triggers the overflow during decoding.

Published: 2008-01-16

Score: 6.8 Medium

EPSS: 13.7% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:apple:quicktime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.13708.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307301
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Jan/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28502
http://secunia.com/advisories/31034
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27300
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019221
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-016A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0148
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2064/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39698

History

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Subscriptions

Apple Quicktime

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-01-16T02:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T07:32:23.895Z

Reserved: 2008-01-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-0036

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-01-16T03:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-0036

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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

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