CVE-2010-0520 EXPLOIT
6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 18.6% (pctl 97)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in QuickTimeAuthoring.qtx in QuickTime in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted FLC file, related to crafted DELTA_FLI chunks and untrusted length values in a .fli file, which are not properly handled during decompression.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.8 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 18.57% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2010-03-30 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| apple | mac os x |
| apple | mac os x server |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Apple QuickTime FLI LinePacket - Remote Code Execution | 2010-09-18 |
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00002.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/510520/100/0/threaded
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-044
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6801
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00002.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/510520/100/0/threaded
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-044
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6801
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