CVE-2006-1453

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-05-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted QuickDraw PICT image format file containing malformed font information.

Affected products

Apple Installer of QuickTime for Windows: through 7.0.4; 3.0, 4.1.2, 5.0, 5.0.1, 6.0, 6.0.1 (+16)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/May/msg00002.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/May/msg00003.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/20069
http://secunia.com/advisories/20077
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/887
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016067
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016075
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433831/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17951
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17953
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-132A.html
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-132B.html

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