CoreAudio in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via crafted audio content with QDM2 encoding, which triggers a buffer overflow due to inconsistent length fields, related to QDCA
Published Mar 30, 2010
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.57%
Description
CoreAudio in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via crafted audio content with QDM2 encoding, which triggers a buffer overflow due to inconsistent length fields, related to QDCA.
Affected products
No data.
- 10.6.0
- 10.6.1
- 10.6.2
- 10.6.0
- 10.6.1
- 10.6.2
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.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (21 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.57% (0.04566) | 91.31th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.57% (0.04566) | 90.36th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 4.65% (0.04649) | 88.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.48% (0.03479) | 79.05th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 4.65% (0.04649) | 88.57th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 6, 2025 | 57.01% (0.57013) | 97.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 60.68% (0.60676) | 97.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 8.85% (0.08850) | 94.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 16, 2024 | 9.72% (0.09724) | 94.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 2, 2024 | 7.27% (0.07269) | 94.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 17, 2024 | 9.38% (0.09377) | 94.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 16, 2024 | 8.34% (0.08338) | 94.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 3, 2024 | 7.72% (0.07725) | 93.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 9, 2023 | 7.23% (0.07232) | 93.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 14, 2023 | 7.36% (0.07361) | 93.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 31, 2023 | 7.23% (0.07232) | 93.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 16, 2023 | 7.50% (0.07500) | 93.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 7.22% (0.07216) | 92.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.91% (0.03914) | 85.68th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.91% (0.03914) | 84.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.91% (0.03914) | 67.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (6)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatchVendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/510517/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-041 x_refsource_MISC
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6922 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00002.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE | |
| http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/510517/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-041 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6922 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
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