CVE-2010-1508

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-12-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.6.9 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted Track Header (aka tkhd) atoms.

Affected products

Apple Installer of QuickTime for Windows: through 7.6.8; 3.0, 4.1.2, 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 6.0 (+46)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Dec/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-72/
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4447
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024830
http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-258/
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15625
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Dec/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-72/
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4447
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024830
http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-258/
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15625

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