CVE-2012-3751

critical
Published 2012-11-09 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
9.3
VIR risk
9.3

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the plugin in Apple QuickTime before 7.7.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via an HTML document with a crafted _qtactivex_ parameter in an OBJECT element.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5581

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Nov/msg00002.html

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
macos applequicktime{"endIncluding":"7.7.2"}
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 applequicktime6.1.1
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 applequicktime7.0.0
macos applequicktime7.0.1
macos applequicktime7.0.2
macos applequicktime7.0.3
macos applequicktime7.0.4
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 applequicktime7.2.0
macos applequicktime7.2.1
macos applequicktime7.3.0
macos applequicktime7.3.1
macos applequicktime7.3.1.70
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 applequicktime7.7.1

References

CWEs

CWE-399

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.