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CVE-2010-0517 Details

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow 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 movie file with M-JPEG encoding, which causes QuickTime to calculate a buffer size using height and width fields, but to use a different field to control the length of a copy operation.

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/2010//Mar/msg00001.html	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00002.html	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6673	CVE
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/510511/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-037	CVE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00002.html	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6673	[email protected]
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/510511/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-037	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
apple mac os x	10.6.0 10.6.1 10.6.2
CPE cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.2:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
apple mac os x server	10.6.0 10.6.1 10.6.2
CPE cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.6.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.6.2:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 10, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 19, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 31, 2010	Initial Analysis	[email protected]