CVE-2009-0956

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.1% 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-399

Description

Apple QuickTime before 7.6.2 does not properly initialize memory before use in handling movie files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a movie containing a user data atom of size zero.

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://secunia.com/advisories/35091
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3591
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35162
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022314
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1469
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50896
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16188
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/35091
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3591
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35162

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