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CVE-2008-4116· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime 7.5.5 and iTunes 8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) or possibly exe

Buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime 7.5.5 and iTunes 8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long type attribute in a quicktime tag (1) on a web page or embedded in a (2) .mp4 or (3) .mov file, possibly related to the Check_stack_cookie function and an off-by-one error that leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

CriticalCVSS 9.3 · v2.0—Proof of concept No fix recorded
Published
Sep 18, 2008
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
11.6% · 96th percentile
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Action score

40

Plan

Add it to your regular patch cycle.

CVSS
37 / 40 · 9.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
3 / 30 · 11.6%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
appleitunes
applequicktime

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • apple itunes8.0
  • apple quicktime7.5.5

Same product

apple: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2005-0043Buffer overflow in Apple iTunes 4.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long URL in (1) .m3u or (2) .pls playlist files.
    51Plan
  • CVE-2009-0950Stack-based buffer overflow in Apple iTunes before 8.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (appli
    46Plan
  • CVE-2012-0677Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple iTunes before 10.6.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (app
    42Plan
  • CVE-2010-1769WebKit in Apple iTunes before 9.2 on Windows, and Apple iOS before 4 on the iPhone and iPod touch, accesses out-of-bounds memory during the
    42Plan
  • CVE-2019-6235A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation.
    41Plan
  • CVE-2010-1763Unspecified vulnerability in WebKit in Apple iTunes before 9.2 on Windows has unknown impact and attack vectors, a different vulnerability t
    41Plan

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Proof of concept available

A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.

Evidence

  • Exploit-DB entry ×1

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entrydos2008-09-16

Research context

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Timeline

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  1. First PoC-2 d
  2. Published
  3. TodaySep 30, 2026+6586 d
EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    C · data can be read
    Integrity
    C · data or configuration can be modified
    Availability
    C · the service can be disrupted
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    C
    Integrity impact
    C
    Availability impact
    C

    Weakness class (CWE)

    CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

    CVSS vector

    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

    nvd-primary

    Attack context

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    ATT&CK techniques

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    Change log

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    References

    Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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