CVE-2005-2340
Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple Quicktime before 7.0.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) QuickTime…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 25.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple Quicktime before 7.0.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) QuickTime Image File (QTIF), (2) PICT, or (3) JPEG format image with a long data field.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits1
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Apple QuickTime 6.4/6.5/7.0.x - PictureViewer '.JPEG'/.PICT' File Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 27069dos, windowspublished 11 Jan 2006Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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By certcc
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 25.5% · top 2.0% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
20
- VU#687201 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 20060111 Updated Advisories - Incorrect CVE Information (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 18370 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- TA06-011A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 22335 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2006-01-10 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- quicktime-qtif-bo(24054) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 22333 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ADV-2006-0128 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 22334 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 16212 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.cirt.dk/advisories/cirt-41-advisory.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 16202 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 332 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 20060111 [CIRT.DK] Apple QuickTime 7.0.3 and earlier - JPG/PICT Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 1015463 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20060111 [EEYEB-20051220] Apple QuickTime QTIF Stack Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 20060111 Updated Advisories - Incorrect CVE Information (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20060111 [EEYEB-20051220] Apple QuickTime QTIF Stack Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- VU#629845 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-2341 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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