CVE-2013-1017
Buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.7.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted dref atoms in a movie file.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 32.6%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.7.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted dref atoms in a movie file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 32.55% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 22 July 2013
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- apple/quicktime
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
EPSS 32.6% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/May/msg00001.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5770Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16606
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/May/msg00001.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5770Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16606
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.