CVE-2008-0234
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 12.4%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in Apple Quicktime Player 7.3.1.70 and other versions before 7.4.1, when RTSP tunneling is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long Reason-Phrase response to an rtsp:// request, as demonstrated using a 404 error message.
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
- 12.4% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0246)
- Published
- January 11, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0246 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / quicktime
- apple / quicktime
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00000.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Feb/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28423(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31034(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3537(Exploit)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/112179(US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486091/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486114/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486161/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486174/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486238/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486241/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486268/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27225(Exploit)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019178
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0107(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2064/references(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39601
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4885
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4906
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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