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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2008-4116

Buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime 7.5.5 and iTunes 8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long type attribute in a quicktime tag (1) on a web page or embedded in a (2) .mp4 or…

HIGH 9.3EPSS 11.6%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.6%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime 7.5.5 and iTunes 8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long type attribute in a quicktime tag (1) on a web page or embedded in a (2) .mp4 or (3) .mov file, possibly related to the Check_stack_cookie function and an off-by-one error that leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

CVSS 2.0
9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
11.62% probability · 96th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
apple/itunes · apple/quicktime
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.