CVE-2008-0234

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 12.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-01-11 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in Apple Quicktime Player 7.3.1.70 and other versions before 7.4.1, when RTSP tunneling is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long Reason-Phrase response to an rtsp:// request, as demonstrated using a 404 error message.

Affected products

Apple Installer of QuickTime for Windows: 7.3.1.70, 7.4

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Feb/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28423
http://secunia.com/advisories/31034
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3537
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/112179
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486091/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486114/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486161/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486174/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486238/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486241/100/0/threaded

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