CVE-2005-2756

MEDIUM 5.1CVE-2005-2756 · Published 05/11/2005 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2005-2756 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.1) vulnerability affecting quicktime (apple).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 4.2%, higher than 91.0% 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

Apple QuickTime before 7.0.3 allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite memory and execute arbitrary code via a crafted PICT file that triggers an overflow during expansion.

References

docs.info.apple.com/article.html
pb.specialised.info/all/adv/quicktime-pict-adv.txt · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/17428
securityreason.com/securityalert/144
securitytracker.com/id · Patch
kb.cert.org/vuls/id/855118 · US Government Resource
osvdb.org/20478
securityfocus.com/archive/1/415714/30/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/15309
vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2293

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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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