CVE-2010-3788

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-11-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

QuickTime in Apple Mac OS X 10.6.x before 10.6.5 accesses uninitialized memory locations during processing of JP2 image data, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted JP2 file.

Affected products

macOS: 10.6.0, 10.6.1, 10.6.2, 10.6.3, 10.6.4
Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.6.0, 10.6.1, 10.6.2, 10.6.3, 10.6.4
Apple Installer of QuickTime for Windows: all versions

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Dec/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4447
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024729
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Dec/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4447
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024729

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