CVE-2007-0718

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-03-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.1.5 allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a QTIF file with a Video Sample Description containing a Color table ID of 0, which triggers memory corruption when QuickTime assumes that a color table exists.

Affected products

Apple Installer of QuickTime for Windows: 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 7.1 (+4)

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305149
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=486
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/24359
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/313225
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/462012/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22827
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22839
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017725
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-065A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0825
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32826

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