VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2012-0663

critical
Published 2012-05-16 · Modified 2026-04-29
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
10.0

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Apple QuickTime before 7.7.2 on Windows allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted TeXML file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Metasploit modules

exploit_windows/fileformat/apple_quicktime_texml rank 300
Apple QuickTime TeXML Style Element Stack Buffer Overflow
Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
macos applequicktime{"endIncluding":"7.7.1"}
macos applequicktime3.0
macos applequicktime4.1.2
macos applequicktime5.0
macos applequicktime5.0.1
macos applequicktime5.0.2
macos applequicktime6.0
macos applequicktime6.0.0
macos applequicktime6.0.1
macos applequicktime6.0.2
macos applequicktime6.1
macos applequicktime6.1.0
macos applequicktime6.1.1
macos applequicktime6.2.0
macos applequicktime6.3.0
macos applequicktime6.4.0
macos applequicktime6.5
macos applequicktime6.5.0
macos applequicktime6.5.1
macos applequicktime6.5.2
macos applequicktime7.0
macos applequicktime7.0.0
macos applequicktime7.0.1
macos applequicktime7.0.2
macos applequicktime7.0.3
macos applequicktime7.0.4
macos applequicktime7.1
macos applequicktime7.1.0
macos applequicktime7.1.1
macos applequicktime7.1.2
macos applequicktime7.1.3
macos applequicktime7.1.4
macos applequicktime7.1.5
macos applequicktime7.1.6
macos applequicktime7.2
macos applequicktime7.2.0
macos applequicktime7.2.1
macos applequicktime7.3
macos applequicktime7.3.0
macos applequicktime7.3.1
macos applequicktime7.3.1.70
macos applequicktime7.4
macos applequicktime7.4.0
macos applequicktime7.4.1
macos applequicktime7.4.5
macos applequicktime7.5.0
macos applequicktime7.5.5
macos applequicktime7.6.0
macos applequicktime7.6.1
macos applequicktime7.6.2
macos applequicktime7.6.5
macos applequicktime7.6.6
macos applequicktime7.6.7
macos applequicktime7.6.8
macos applequicktime7.6.9
macos applequicktime7.7.0
macos applequicktime7.60.92.0
macos applequicktime7.62.14.0
macos applequicktime7.64.17.73
macos applequicktime7.65.17.80
macos applequicktime7.66.71.0
macos applequicktime7.67.75.0
macos applequicktime7.68.75.0
macos applequicktime7.69.80.9

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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