CVE-2006-4389

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-09-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Apple QuickTime before 7.1.3 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted FlashPix (FPX) file, which triggers an exception that leads to an operation on an uninitialized object.

Affected products

Apple Installer of QuickTime for Windows: 5.0.2, 6.0, 6.1, 6.5, 6.5.1, 6.5.2 (+8)

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304357
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2006/Sep/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/21893
http://secunia.com/advisories/29182
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-08.xml
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1554
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016830
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/540348
http://www.osvdb.org/28769
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445888/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19976
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-256A.html

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