CVE-2007-2175
highpriority · attend · 69EPSS 0.838 · 100 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Apple QuickTime Java extensions (QTJava.dll), as used in Safari and other browsers, and when Java is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via parameters to the toQTPointer method in quicktime.util.QTHandleRef, which can be used to modify arbitrary memory when creating QTPointerRef objects, as demonstrated during the "PWN 2 0WN" contest at CanSecWest 2007.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (4)
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- exploit/multi/browser/qtjava_pointerApple QTJava toQTPointer() Arbitrary Memory Accessweaponized · metasploit
- EDB-16295Apple QTJava - 'toQTPointer()' Arbitrary Memory Access (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-29884Apple QuickTime 7.1.5 - QTJava toQTPointer() Java Handling Arbitrary Code Executionfunctional · exploit_db
- EDB-9943Apple QuickTime for Java 7 - Memory Access (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
affected products (2)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (24)
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- http://cansecwest.com/post/2007-04-20-14:54:00.First_Mac_Hacked_Cancel_Or_Allowenisa_euvd
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305446enisa_euvd
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00001.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/420668enisa_euvd
- http://www.matasano.com/log/806/hot-off-the-matasano-sms-queue-cansec-macbook-challenge-won/enisa_euvd
- http://www.matasano.com/log/812/breaking-macbook-vuln-in-quicktime-affects-win32-apple-code/enisa_euvd
- http://www.osvdb.org/34178enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467319/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
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