// For flags

CVE-2008-4116

Apple QuickTime 7.5.5 / iTunes 8.0 - Remote Off-by-One Crash

Severity Score

8.8
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

1
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime 7.5.5 and iTunes 8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long type attribute in a quicktime tag (1) on a web page or embedded in a (2) .mp4 or (3) .mov file, possibly related to the Check_stack_cookie function and an off-by-one error that leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Un desbordamiento del búfer en QuickTime versión 7.5.5 y iTunes versión 8.0, de Apple, permite a los atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio (bloqueo del navegador) o posiblemente ejecutar código arbitrario por medio de un atributo type largo en una etiqueta de quicktime (1) en una página web o insertado en un archivo ( 2) .mp4 o (3) .mov, posiblemente relacionado con la función Check_stack_cookie y un error por un paso que conduce a un desbordamiento del búfer en la región heap de la memoria.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2008-09-17 CVE Reserved
  • 2008-09-17 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-07 CVE Updated
  • 2024-08-07 First Exploit
  • 2025-04-05 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Apple
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 Itunes
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 8.0
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Affected
Apple
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 Quicktime
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 7.5.5
Search vendor "Apple" for product "Quicktime" and version "7.5.5"
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Affected