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medium 6.8

CVE-2010-0520 json

Heap-based buffer overflow in QuickTimeAuthoring.qtx in QuickTime in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitr…

published 16y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2010-0551

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
18.6%
EPSS 18.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in QuickTimeAuthoring.qtx in QuickTime in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted FLC file, related to crafted DELTA_FLI chunks and untrusted length values in a .fli file, which are not properly handled during decompression.

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-15035)

Exploit prediction

18.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-15035 Apple QuickTime FLI LinePacket - Remote Code Execution dos, 2010-09-18

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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