CVE-2008-0033

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-01-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Apple QuickTime before 7.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application termination) and execute arbitrary code via a movie file with Image Descriptor (IDSC) atoms containing an invalid atom size, which triggers memory corruption.

Affected products

Apple Installer of QuickTime for Windows: through 7.3.1.70

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307301
http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/advisory/TPTI-08-01
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Jan/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28502
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486413/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27299
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019221
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-016A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0148
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39697
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307301
http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/advisory/TPTI-08-01

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