CVE-2011-0258

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-09-06 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Apple QuickTime before 7.7 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted image description associated with an mp4v tag in a 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://securityreason.com/securityalert/8368
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4826
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/519483/100/0/threaded
http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-277/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69518
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15671
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8368
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4826
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/519483/100/0/threaded
http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-277/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69518
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15671

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