CVE-2014-1391: apple mac_os_x

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-1391 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in apple mac_os_x. EPSS estimates a 4.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 19-09-2014
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

QT Media Foundation in Apple OS X before 10.9.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted movie file with RLE encoding.

• 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.