CVE-2011-0186

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-03-23 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-787

Description

QuickTime in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted JPEG2000 image.

Affected products

macOS: before 10.6.7 — fixed in 10.6.7
Apple Installer of QuickTime for Windows: before 7.7.0 — fixed in 7.7.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: macOS 10.6.7; Apple Installer of QuickTime for Windows 7.7.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Aug/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Aug/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581

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