CVE-2006-4384
Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.1.3 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the…
- 5.1MediumCVSS base score
- 16.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.0% 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 7.1.3 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the COLOR_64 chunk in a FLIC (FLC) movie.
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 6/7 - '.FLC' Movie COLOR_64 Chunk Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 28521dos, osxpublished 12 Sept 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
ID reserved
By mitre
- 15 days later
· 15 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 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 16.4% · top 3.0% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
17
- 20060913 Multiple Vulnerabilities in Apple QuickTime (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1016830 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 21893 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28771 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20060915 [Reversemode Advisory] Apple Quicktime FLIC File Heap Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 19976 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=2&func=fileinfo&id=25 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- GLSA-200803-08 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 1554 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- quicktime-flic-buffer-overflow(28930) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304357 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20060912 Apple QuickTime FLIC File Heap Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2006-09-12 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3577 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=2&func=fileinfo&id=24 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 29182 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- VU#489836 (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-2006-4372 (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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