CVE-2007-6166
highpriority · attend · 62EPSS 0.418 · 99 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Stack-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.3.1, as used in QuickTime Player on Windows XP and Safari on Mac OS X, allows remote Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) servers to execute arbitrary code via an RTSP response with a long Content-Type header.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (10)
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- EDB-11027Apple QuickTime 7.2/7.3 - RTSP Buffer Overflowfunctional · exploit_db
- EDB-16424Apple QuickTime 7.3 - RTSP Response Header Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-16873Apple QuickTime (Mac OSX) - RTSP Content-Type Overflow (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-4648Apple QuickTime 7.2/7.3 - RTSP Response Remote Overwrite (SEH)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-4651Apple QuickTime 7.2/7.3 (Windows Vista/XP) - RSTP Response Code Executionfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (27)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (32)
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- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307176enisa_euvd
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00000.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27755enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29182enisa_euvd
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-08.xmlenisa_euvd
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3410enisa_euvd
- http://www.beskerming.com/security/2007/11/25/74/QuickTime_-_Remote_hacker_automatic_controlenisa_euvd
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/659761enisa_euvd
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