CVE-2005-2756

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-11-05 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Apple QuickTime before 7.0.3 allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite memory and execute arbitrary code via a crafted PICT file that triggers an overflow during expansion.

Affected products

Apple Installer of QuickTime for Windows: through 7.0.2; 6.5.2, 7.0, 7.0.1

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302772
http://pb.specialised.info/all/adv/quicktime-pict-adv.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/17428
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/144
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015152
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/855118
http://www.osvdb.org/20478
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415714/30/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15309
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2293
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302772
http://pb.specialised.info/all/adv/quicktime-pict-adv.txt

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