CVE-2008-4116

Published Sep 17, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 9.3 Critical EPSS 11.6% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-4099 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 10:00 AM
Reserved
Sep 17, 2008, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 18, 2008, 3:04 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:57 PM