CVE-2009-0007

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-01-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application termination) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a QuickTime movie file containing invalid image width data in JPEG atoms within STSD atoms.

Affected products

Apple Installer of QuickTime for Windows: through 7.5.5; 3.0, 4.1.2, 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 6.0 (+38)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jan/msg00000.html
http://osvdb.org/51530
http://secunia.com/advisories/33632
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3403
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33390
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-022A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0212
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-008/
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6132
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jan/msg00000.html
http://osvdb.org/51530
http://secunia.com/advisories/33632

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