CVE-2009-2203

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-09-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.6.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted MPEG-4 video file.

Affected products

Apple Installer of QuickTime for Windows: through 7.6.2; 3.0, 4.1.2, 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 6.0 (+44)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00002.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3859
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36328
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5672
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00002.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3859
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36328

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