CVE-2005-2753

MEDIUM 5.1CVE-2005-2753 · Published 05/11/2005 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2005-2753 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.1) vulnerability affecting quicktime (apple).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.1%, higher than 82.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
quicktime apple	`= 6.5.2= 7.0= 7.0.1≤ 7.0.2`	No fix yet

Description

Integer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.0.3 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted MOV file that causes a sign extension of the length element in a Pascal style string.

References

docs.info.apple.com/article.html
pb.specialised.info/all/adv/quicktime-mov-io1-adv.txt · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/17428 · Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com/id · Patch
osvdb.org/20475 · Patch
securityfocus.com/archive/1/415712/30/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/15306
vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2293 · Vendor Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

quicktime

apple

= 6.5.2= 7.0= 7.0.1≤ 7.0.2

No fix yet

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