CVE-2007-6166
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 41.8%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.3.1, as used in QuickTime Player on Windows XP and Safari on Mac OS X, allows remote Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) servers to execute arbitrary code via an RTSP response with a long Content-Type header.
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-119
- EPSS score
- 41.8% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-6135)
- Published
- November 29, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-6135 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / quicktime
- apple / quicktime
- apple / quicktime
- apple / quicktime
- apple / quicktime
- apple / quicktime
- apple / quicktime
- apple / quicktime
- apple / quicktime
- apple / quicktime
- apple / quicktime
- apple / quicktime
- apple / quicktime
- apple / quicktime
- apple / quicktime
- apple / quicktime
- apple / quicktime
- apple / quicktime
- apple / quicktime
- apple / quicktime
- apple / quicktime
- apple / quicktime
- apple / quicktime
- apple / quicktime
- apple / quicktime
- apple / safari
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows xp
References
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307176
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27755(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29182(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-08.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3410
- http://www.beskerming.com/security/2007/11/25/74/QuickTime_-_Remote_hacker_automatic_control
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/659761(US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26549
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26560
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018989
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-334A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3984(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38604
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4648
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6013
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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