CVE-2010-0059
CoreAudio in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or...
CoreAudio in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via crafted audio content with QDM2 encoding, which triggers a buffer overflow due to inconsistent length fields, related to QDCA.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
CoreAudio in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via crafted audio content with QDM2 encoding, which triggers a buffer overflow due to inconsistent length fields, related to QDCA.
- Record
CVE-2010-0059- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
CoreAudio in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via crafted audio content with QDM2 encoding, which triggers a buffer overflow due to inconsistent length fields, related to QDCA.
- Record
CVE-2010-0059- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2010-0091 No score
CoreAudio in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via crafted audio content with QDM2 encoding, which triggers a buffer overflow due to inconsistent length fields, related to QDCA.
- Record
EUVD-2010-0091- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3qjc-52vw-gmrg No score
CoreAudio in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or...
CoreAudio in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via crafted audio content with QDM2 encoding, which triggers a buffer overflow due to inconsistent length fields, related to QDCA.
- Record
GHSA-3qjc-52vw-gmrg- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2010-0059 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Apple Mac Os X, published March 30, 2010. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.57%, the 91st percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
securityfocus.com/archive/1/510517/100/0/threaded
zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-041
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6922
support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0059
github.com/advisories/GHSA-3qjc-52vw-gmrg