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CVE-2009-0003

Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.6 allows remote attackers to cause a...

9.3 High

Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application termination) and execute arbitrary code via an AVI movie file with an invalid nBlockAlign value in the _WAVEFORMATEX structure.

Exploit likelihood

9.40%Up 3.2 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.3

Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application termination) and execute arbitrary code via an AVI movie file with an invalid nBlockAlign value in the _WAVEFORMATEX structure.

Record
CVE-2009-0003
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

Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application termination) and execute arbitrary code via an AVI movie file with an invalid nBlockAlign value in the _WAVEFORMATEX structure.

Record
CVE-2009-0003
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2009-0016 No score

Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application termination) and execute arbitrary code via an AVI movie file with an invalid nBlockAlign value in the _WAVEFORMATEX structure.

Record
EUVD-2009-0016
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3x4w-fw4f-4h5j No score

Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.6 allows remote attackers to cause a...

Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application termination) and execute arbitrary code via an AVI movie file with an invalid nBlockAlign value in the _WAVEFORMATEX structure.

Record
GHSA-3x4w-fw4f-4h5j
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2009-0003 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Apple Quicktime, published January 21, 2009. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 9.40%, the 95th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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