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$ cve CVE-2001-0198 JSON

CVE-2001-0198 EXPLOIT

7.6
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 6.4% (pctl 93)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

Buffer overflow in QuickTime Player plugin 4.1.2 (Japanese) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long HREF parameter in an EMBED tag.

Scoring

CVSS7.6 (HIGH, v2.0)
VectorAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS6.4% — more likely to be exploited than 93% of all CVEs
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2001-05-03
Last modified2026-06-16

Affected (1)

VendorProduct
applequicktime

Public exploits

References

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