CVE-2009-0185

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-06-02 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.6.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted MS ADPCM encoded audio data in an AVI movie file.

Affected products

Apple Installer of QuickTime for Windows: through 7.6.1; 3.0, 4.1.2, 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 6.0 (+43)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00000.html
http://osvdb.org/54879
http://secunia.com/advisories/35091
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-6/
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3591
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504006/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35163
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022314
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1469
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50894
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15727
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00000.html

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