CVE-2014-4979

critical
Published 2014-07-26 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
9.3
VIR risk
9.3

Description

Apple QuickTime allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a malformed version number and flags in an mvhd atom.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6443

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
applequicktime

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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