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CVE-2007-6166

Stack-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.3.1, as used in QuickTime Player on...

9.3 HighPublic exploit

Stack-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.3.1, as used in QuickTime Player on Windows XP and Safari on Mac OS X, allows remote Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) servers to execute arbitrary code via an RTSP response with a long Content-Type header.

Exploit likelihood

41.8%Down 12.3 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.3

Stack-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.3.1, as used in QuickTime Player on Windows XP and Safari on Mac OS X, allows remote Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) servers to execute arbitrary code via an RTSP response with a long Content-Type header.

Record
CVE-2007-6166
CVSS 2.0
9.3 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Stack-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.3.1, as used in QuickTime Player on Windows XP and Safari on Mac OS X, allows remote Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) servers to execute arbitrary code via an RTSP response with a long Content-Type header.

Record
CVE-2007-6166
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2007-6135 No score

Stack-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.3.1, as used in QuickTime Player on Windows XP and Safari on Mac OS X, allows remote Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) servers to execute arbitrary code via an RTSP response with a long Content-Type header.

Record
EUVD-2007-6135
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mrqv-c428-3hfp No score

Stack-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.3.1, as used in QuickTime Player on...

Stack-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.3.1, as used in QuickTime Player on Windows XP and Safari on Mac OS X, allows remote Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) servers to execute arbitrary code via an RTSP response with a long Content-Type header.

Record
GHSA-mrqv-c428-3hfp
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
Exploit-DBApple QuickTime 7.2/7.3 - RTSP Buffer Overflow2010-01-06
Exploit-DBApple QuickTime 7.3 - RTSP Response Header Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)2010-05-09
Exploit-DBApple QuickTime (Mac OSX) - RTSP Content-Type Overflow (Metasploit)2010-10-09
Exploit-DBApple QuickTime 7.2/7.3 - RTSP Response Remote Overwrite (SEH)2007-11-23
Exploit-DBApple QuickTime 7.2/7.3 (Windows Vista/XP) - RSTP Response Code Execution2007-11-24
Exploit-DBApple QuickTime 7.2/7.3 (Internet Explorer 7 / Firefox / Opera) - RTSP Response Universal2007-11-26
Exploit-DBApple QuickTime 7.2/7.3 - RSTP Response Universal2007-11-27
Exploit-DBApple Safari / QuickTime 7.3 - RTSP Content-Type Remote Buffer Overflow2008-07-06
MetasploitMacOS X QuickTime RTSP Content-Type Overflow2007-11-23
MetasploitApple QuickTime 7.3 RTSP Response Header Buffer Overflow2007-11-23

History

History
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In short

CVE-2007-6166 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Apple Quicktime, published November 29, 2007. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 41.8%, the 98th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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