CVE-2007-5045
Argument injection vulnerability in Apple QuickTime 7.1.5 and earlier, when running on systems with Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.7 installed, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a QuickTime Media Link (QTL) file with an embed XML element and a qtnext parameter containing the Firefox "-chrome" argument. NOTE: this is a related issue to CVE-2006-4965 and the result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-3670.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-94
- EPSS score
- 3.5% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-5026)
- Published
- September 24, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-5026 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / quicktime
- mozilla / firefox
References
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26881(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201516-1
- http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/0day-quicktime-pwns-firefox
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-28.html(Patch)
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_57_mozilla.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479179/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3197
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=395942
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5896
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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