CVE-2008-1581

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-06-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.5 on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted packed scanlines in PixData structures in a PICT image.

Affected products

Apple Installer of QuickTime for Windows: through 7.4.5

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Jun/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29293
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-9/advisory/
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1991
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493225/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29619
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29649
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020213
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-162C.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1776/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42943
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Jun/msg00000.html

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