HIGH
Stack-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.3.1, as used in QuickTime Player on Windows XP and Safari on Mac OS X, allows remote Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) servers to execute arbitrary code via an RTSP response with a long Content-Type header
Published Nov 29, 2007
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 41.92%
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.3.1, as used in QuickTime Player on Windows XP and Safari on Mac OS X, allows remote Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) servers to execute arbitrary code via an RTSP response with a long Content-Type header.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
AND
OR
- ≤ 7.3
- n/a
- 3.0
- 4.1.2
- 5.0
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.2
- 6.0
- 6.1
- 6.5
- 6.5.1
- 6.5.2
- 7.0
- 7.0.1
- 7.0.2
- 7.0.3
- 7.0.4
- 7.1
- 7.1.1
- 7.1.2
- 7.1.3
- 7.1.4
- 7.1.5
- 7.1.6
- 7.2
Running on/with
OR
- n/a
- n/a
Configuration 2
AND
Running on/with
OR
- 10.3.9
- 10.4.9
- 10.5
- 10.5.0
- 10.5.1
- 10.5.2
- 10.5.3
- 10.5.4
- 10.5.5
- 10.5.6
- 10.5.7
- 10.5.8
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
9.3 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
41.92% 0.41916
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.41916
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (23 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 41.92% (0.41916) | 98.65th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 41.92% (0.41916) | 98.51th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 6, 2026 | 84.25% (0.84254) | 99.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 24, 2025 | 83.08% (0.83081) | 99.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 5, 2025 | 81.81% (0.81808) | 99.14th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 83.92% (0.83919) | 99.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 85.41% (0.85408) | 99.21th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 83.92% (0.83919) | 99.26th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 96.83% (0.96834) | 99.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 18, 2024 | 96.87% (0.96868) | 99.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 10, 2024 | 97.08% (0.97079) | 99.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 25, 2024 | 97.02% (0.97016) | 99.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 18, 2024 | 96.90% (0.96900) | 99.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 10, 2024 | 96.97% (0.96970) | 99.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 4, 2023 | 97.07% (0.97071) | 99.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 29, 2023 | 97.21% (0.97215) | 99.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 24, 2023 | 97.22% (0.97221) | 99.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 19, 2023 | 97.26% (0.97261) | 99.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 3, 2023 | 97.28% (0.97282) | 99.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 27, 2023 | 97.34% (0.97343) | 99.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 97.44% (0.97437) | 99.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 54.11% (0.54112) | 98.79th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 54.11% (0.54112) | 98.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (16)
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307176 x_refsource_MISC
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27755 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29182 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-08.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3410 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.beskerming.com/security/2007/11/25/74/QuickTime_-_Remote_hacker_automatic_control x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/659761 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26549 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26560 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018989 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-334A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3984 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38604 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4648 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6013 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 29, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 28, 2007
Link CVE-2007-6166
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a