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CVE-2008-4116

CRITICAL CVSS: 9.3 Published: 2008-09-18 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime 7.5.5 and iTunes 8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long type attribute in a quicktime tag (1) on a web page or embedded in a (2) .mp4 or (3) .mov file, possibly related to the Check_stack_cookie function and an off-by-one error that leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected Platforms

Apple ItunesApple Quicktime

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References