CVE-2006-2238
Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted BMP file that…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 7.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted BMP file that triggers the overflow in the ReadBMP function. NOTE: this issue was originally included as item 3 in CVE-2006-1983, but it has been given a separate identifier because it is a distinct issue.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 days later
· 4 days later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 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)
- 7.0% · top 5.8% of all CVEs (10 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
9
- 20069 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 24820 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2006-05-11 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 1016067 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- quicktime-bmp-bo(26402) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- TA06-132B (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- http://www.security-protocols.com/sp-x27-advisory.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 17953 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1778 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_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-2006-2239 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2006-2238)Record last updated .