CVE-2008-1021

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-04-04 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Animation codec content handling in Apple QuickTime before 7.4.5 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted movie with run length encoding.

Affected products

Apple Installer of QuickTime for Windows: through 7.4.4

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/29650
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019765
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1241
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490462/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28583
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-094A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1078
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-018
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41612
http://secunia.com/advisories/29650
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019765
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1241

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