CVE-2008-3627
Apple QuickTime before 7.5.5 does not properly handle (1) MDAT atoms in MP4 video files within QuickTimeH264.qtx, (2) MDAT atoms in mov video files within QuickTimeH264.scalar, and (3) AVC1 atoms in an unknown media type within an unspecified component, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap corruption and application crash) via a crafted, H.264 encoded movie file.
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-399
- EPSS score
- 8.6% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3613)
- Published
- September 11, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3613 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / quicktime
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31821(Third Party Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020841(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3027(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496163/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496175/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496176/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31086(Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2527(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-060/(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-061/(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-062/(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16164(Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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