CVE-2009-0956

Summary

CVECVE-2009-0956
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-06-02 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionApple QuickTime before 7.6.2 does not properly initialize memory before use in handling movie files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a movie containing a user data atom of size zero.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apple Quicktime - All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 3.0 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 4.1.2 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 4.1.2 - mac All
Application Apple Quicktime 4.1.2 - windows All
Application Apple Quicktime 5.0 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 5.0.1 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 5.0.1 - mac All
Application Apple Quicktime 5.0.1 - windows All
Application Apple Quicktime 5.0.2 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 5.0.2 - mac All
Application Apple Quicktime 5.0.2 - windows All
Application Apple Quicktime 6.0 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 6.0 - windows All
Application Apple Quicktime 6.0.0 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 6.0.0 - mac All
Application Apple Quicktime 6.0.0 - windows All
Application Apple Quicktime 6.0.1 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 6.0.1 - mac All
Application Apple Quicktime 6.0.1 - windows All
Application Apple Quicktime 6.0.2 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 6.0.2 - mac All
Application Apple Quicktime 6.0.2 - windows All
Application Apple Quicktime 6.1 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 6.1.0 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 6.1.0 - mac All
Application Apple Quicktime 6.1.0 - windows All
Application Apple Quicktime 6.1.1 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 6.1.1 - mac All
Application Apple Quicktime 6.1.1 - windows All
Application Apple Quicktime 6.2.0 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 6.2.0 - mac All
Application Apple Quicktime 6.2.0 - windows All
Application Apple Quicktime 6.3.0 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 6.3.0 - mac All
Application Apple Quicktime 6.3.0 - windows All
Application Apple Quicktime 6.4.0 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 6.4.0 - mac All
Application Apple Quicktime 6.4.0 - windows All
Application Apple Quicktime 6.5 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 6.5.0 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 6.5.0 - mac All
Application Apple Quicktime 6.5.0 - windows All
Application Apple Quicktime 6.5.1 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 6.5.1 - mac All
Application Apple Quicktime 6.5.1 - windows All
Application Apple Quicktime 6.5.2 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 6.5.2 - mac All
Application Apple Quicktime 6.5.2 - windows All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.0 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.0 All windows All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.0 - windows All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.0.0 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.0.0 - mac All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.0.0 - windows All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.0.1 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.0.1 All windows All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.0.1 - mac All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.0.1 - windows All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.0.2 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.0.2 All windows All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.0.2 - mac All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.0.2 - windows All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.0.3 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.0.3 - mac All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.0.3 - windows All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.0.4 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.0.4 - mac All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.0.4 - windows All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.1 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.1.0 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.1.0 - mac All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.1.0 - windows All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.1.1 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.1.1 - mac All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.1.1 - windows All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.1.2 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.1.2 - mac All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.1.2 - windows All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.1.3 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.1.3 - mac All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.1.3 - windows All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.1.4 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.1.4 - mac All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.1.4 - windows All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.1.5 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.1.5 - mac All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.1.5 - windows All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.1.6 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.1.6 - mac All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.1.6 - windows All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.2 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.2 All vista All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.2.0 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.2.0 - mac All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.2.0 - windows All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.2.1 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.2.1 - mac All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.2.1 - windows All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.3 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.3.0 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.3.0 - mac All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.3.0 - windows All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.3.1 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.3.1 - mac All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.3.1 - windows All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.3.1.70 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.4 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.4.0 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.4.0 - mac All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.4.0 - windows All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.4.1 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.4.1 - mac All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.4.1 - windows All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.4.4 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.4.5 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.4.5 - mac All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.4.5 - windows All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.5 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.5.0 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.5.0 - mac All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.5.0 - windows All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.5.5 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.5.5 - mac All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.5.5 - windows All
Application Apple Quicktime 7.6.0 All All All
Application Apple Quicktime All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Apple QuickTime User Atom Data Size Uninitialized Memory Access Remote Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
SecurityTracker.com Archives - QuickTime Buffer Overflows in Processing Multiple Media Formats Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Apple QuickTime PICT Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
About the security content of QuickTime 7.6.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
APPLE-SA-2009-06-01-1 QuickTime 7.6.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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