CVE-2005-2340

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 25.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple Quicktime before 7.0.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) QuickTime Image File (QTIF), (2) PICT, or (3) JPEG format image with a long data field.

Affected products

Apple Installer of QuickTime for Windows: through 7.0.3; 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-01/0392.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-01/0398.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-01/0402.html
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303101
http://secunia.com/advisories/18370
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/332
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015463
http://www.cirt.dk/advisories/cirt-41-advisory.pdf
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/629845
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/687201
http://www.osvdb.org/22333
http://www.osvdb.org/22334

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