CVE-2010-0517
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 M-JPEG encoding, which causes QuickTime to calculate a buffer size using height and width fields, but to use a different field to control the length of a copy operation.
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What each source reports
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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 M-JPEG encoding, which causes QuickTime to calculate a buffer size using height and width fields, but to use a different field to control the length of a copy operation.
- Record
CVE-2010-0517- 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 M-JPEG encoding, which causes QuickTime to calculate a buffer size using height and width fields, but to use a different field to control the length of a copy operation.
- Record
CVE-2010-0517- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2010-0548 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 M-JPEG encoding, which causes QuickTime to calculate a buffer size using height and width fields, but to use a different field to control the length of a copy operation.
- Record
EUVD-2010-0548- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xfj2-7ff5-qr45 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 M-JPEG encoding, which causes QuickTime to calculate a buffer size using height and width fields, but to use a different field to control the length of a copy operation.
- Record
GHSA-xfj2-7ff5-qr45- 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-2010-0517 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 4.70%, the 91st percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6673
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-037
support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
securityfocus.com/archive/1/510511/100/0/threaded
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0517
github.com/advisories/GHSA-xfj2-7ff5-qr45