CVE-2010-0516
Heap-based buffer overflow in QuickTime in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.3 allows remote attackers...
Heap-based buffer overflow 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 movie file with RLE encoding, which triggers memory corruption when the length of decompressed data exceeds that of the allocated heap chunk.
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Heap-based buffer overflow 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 movie file with RLE encoding, which triggers memory corruption when the length of decompressed data exceeds that of the allocated heap chunk.
- Record
CVE-2010-0516- 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
Heap-based buffer overflow 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 movie file with RLE encoding, which triggers memory corruption when the length of decompressed data exceeds that of the allocated heap chunk.
- Record
CVE-2010-0516- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2010-0547 No score
Heap-based buffer overflow 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 movie file with RLE encoding, which triggers memory corruption when the length of decompressed data exceeds that of the allocated heap chunk.
- Record
EUVD-2010-0547- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xcqh-55w8-858c No score
Heap-based buffer overflow in QuickTime in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.3 allows remote attackers...
Heap-based buffer overflow 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 movie file with RLE encoding, which triggers memory corruption when the length of decompressed data exceeds that of the allocated heap chunk.
- Record
GHSA-xcqh-55w8-858c- 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-2010-0516 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 4.61%, the 91st percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7062
securityfocus.com/archive/1/510513/100/0/threaded
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-040
support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0516
github.com/advisories/GHSA-xcqh-55w8-858c