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CVE-2005-4092

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 8.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-12-08 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in QuickTime.qts in Apple QuickTime Player 7.0.3 and iTunes 6.0.1 (3) and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via a .mov file with (1) a Movie Resource atom with a large size value, or (2) an stsd atom with a modified Sample Description Table size value, and possibly other vectors involving media files. NOTE: item 1 was originally identified by CVE-2005-4127 for a pre-patch announcement, and item 2 was originally identified by CVE-2005-4128 for a pre-patch announcement.

Affected products

• Apple iTunes for Windows: 6.0.1
• Apple Installer of QuickTime for Windows: 7.0.3

References

• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303101
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18149
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18370
• http://security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x21-advisory.txt
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/334
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/336
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015356
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015396
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015397
• http://www.eeye.com/html/research/upcoming/20051117a.html
• http://www.eeye.com/html/research/upcoming/20051117b.html
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/921193

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