CVE-2006-1453

MEDIUM 5.1CVE-2006-1453 · Published 12/05/2006 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2006-1453 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.1) vulnerability affecting quicktime (apple).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 7.1%, higher than 94.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
quicktime apple	`= 3.0= 4.1.2= 5.0= 5.0.1= 6.0= 6.0.1= 6.0.2= 6.1= 6.1.0= 6.1.1= 6.2.0= 6.3.0= 6.4.0= 6.5= 6.5.0= 6.5.1= 6.5.2= 7.0= 7.0.0= 7.0.1= 7.0.2= 7.0.3≤ 7.0.4`	No fix yet

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted QuickDraw PICT image format file containing malformed font information.

References

lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/May/msg00002.html · Patch
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/May/msg00003.html · Patch
secunia.com/advisories/20069 · Patch
secunia.com/advisories/20077 · Patch
securityreason.com/securityalert/887
securitytracker.com/id · Patch
securitytracker.com/id · Patch
securityfocus.com/archive/1/433831/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/17951 · Patch
securityfocus.com/bid/17953 · Patch
us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-132A.html · Patch
us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-132B.html · US Government Resource
vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1778

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