CVE-2012-0665
Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.7.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted movie file with H.264 encoding.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.01%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.7.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted movie file with H.264 encoding.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 4.01% probability · 90th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- apple/quicktime
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
EPSS 4.0% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00005.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5261Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53576
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027065
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15938
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00005.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5261Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53576
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027065
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15938
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.