CVE-2007-0718: apple quicktime

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-0718 is a medium (CVSS 5.8) vulnerability in apple quicktime. EPSS estimates a 6.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 05-03-2007
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.1.5 allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a QTIF file with a Video Sample Description containing a Color table ID of 0, which triggers memory corruption when QuickTime assumes that a color table exists.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.