CVE-2008-1739

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-09-03 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Apple QuickTime before 7.4.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted ftyp atoms in a movie file, which triggers memory corruption.

Affected products

Apple Installer of QuickTime for Windows: through 7.4.4; 3.0, 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 6.0, 6.1 (+21)

References

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1241
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45144
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1241
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45144

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