Apple QuickTime Player 7.0 on Mac OS X 10.4 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive…
Priority LOW 27Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Apple QuickTime Player 7.0 on Mac OS X 10.4 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a .mov file with a Quartz Composer composition (.qtz) file that uses certain patches to read local information, then other patches to send the information to the attacker.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.02035 81st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-1579
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-836x-rc5c-8hxf
References
Advisory 6
More Apple Quicktime vulnerabilities
- TI-2011-00240 Integer signedness error in Apple QuickTime before 7.7 allows remote attackers to execute… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2010-01741 The IPersistPropertyBag2::Read function in QTPlugin.ocx in Apple QuickTime 6.x, 7.x… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2007-05881 Stack-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.3.1, as used in QuickTime Player… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2012-03270 Buffer overflow in the plugin in Apple QuickTime before 7.7.3 allows remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2012-03269 Multiple buffer overflows in Apple QuickTime before 7.7.3 allow remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2013-00879 Buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.7.4 allows remote attackers to execute… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
Sources
- CVE-2005-1579 · CVE Program
- CVE-2005-1579 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-836x-rc5c-8hxf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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