CVE-2010-1818

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 42.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2010-08-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-824

Description

The IPersistPropertyBag2::Read function in QTPlugin.ocx in Apple QuickTime 6.x, 7.x before 7.6.8, and other versions allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the _Marshaled_pUnk attribute, which triggers unmarshalling of an untrusted pointer.

Affected products

Apple Installer of QuickTime for Windows: 6.0, 6.0.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.1, 6.1.0 (+41)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Sep/msg00003.html
http://reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=69&Itemid=1
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4339
http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/new-remote-flaw-apple-quicktime-bypasses-aslr-and-dep-083010
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7523
https://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/entry/modules/exploits/windows/browser/apple_quicktime_marshaled_punk.rb
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Sep/msg00003.html
http://reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=69&Itemid=1
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4339
http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/new-remote-flaw-apple-quicktime-bypasses-aslr-and-dep-083010
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7523
https://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/entry/modules/exploits/windows/browser/apple_quicktime_marshaled_punk.rb

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