Description
Apple QuickTime before 7.6.2 does not properly initialize memory before use in handling movie files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a movie containing a user data atom of size zero.
Published: 2009-06-02
Score: 9.3 Critical
EPSS: 9.9% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-0953 Apple QuickTime before 7.6.2 does not properly initialize memory before use in handling movie files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a movie containing a user data atom of size zero.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T04:57:17.126Z

Reserved: 2009-03-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-0956

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Status : Modified

Published: 2009-06-02T18:30:00.390

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-0956

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