CVE-2009-0956
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 5.1%EU EUVD
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.
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
- 5.1% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0953)
- Published
- June 2, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0953 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / quicktime
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References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00000.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35091(Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3591(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35162(Patch)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022314
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1469(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50896
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16188
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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