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CVE-2008-3627 Details

Description

Apple QuickTime before 7.5.5 does not properly handle (1) MDAT atoms in MP4 video files within QuickTimeH264.qtx, (2) MDAT atoms in mov video files within QuickTimeH264.scalar, and (3) AVC1 atoms in an unknown media type within an unspecified component, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap corruption and application crash) via a crafted, H.264 encoded movie file.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00000.html	CVE	Mailing ListVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31821	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020841	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16164	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3027	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496163/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496175/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496176/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31086	CVE	PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2527	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-060/	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-061/	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-062/	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00000.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31821	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020841	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16164	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3027	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496163/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496175/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496176/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31086	[email protected]	PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2527	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-060/	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-061/	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-062/	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-399	Resource Management Errors	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
apple quicktime	< 7.5.5
CPE cpe:2.3:a:apple:quicktime:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 22, 2017	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Sep 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 11, 2008	Initial Analysis	[email protected]