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CVE-2014-4979

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2014-07-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Apple QuickTime allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a malformed version number and flags in an mvhd atom.

Affected products

• Apple Installer of QuickTime for Windows: all versions

References

• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6443
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68852
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030638
• http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-14-264/
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6493
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6443
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68852
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030638
• http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-14-264/
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6493

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