CVE-2011-0249

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-08-04 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted STSC atoms in a QuickTime movie file.

Affected products

Apple Installer of QuickTime for Windows: through 7.6.9; 3.0, 4.1.2, 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 6.0 (+47)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Aug/msg00000.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16089
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Aug/msg00000.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16089

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