CVE-2010-0520
mediumpriority · track · 44EPSS 0.186 · 97 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-15035Apple QuickTime FLI LinePacket - Remote Code Executionfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (7)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (12)
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- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00002.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/510520/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-044enisa_euvd
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6801enisa_euvd
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.htmlPatchVendor Advisorynvd
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00002.htmlnvd
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