HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2007-4677

Quicktime vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
46.7%
EPSS pct
99th
Exploited
No known
Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an invalid color table size when parsing the color table atom (CTAB) in a movie file, related to the CTAB RGB values.
Affected vendor
Apple
Affected product
Quicktime
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2007-11-07

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 46.7% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it among the most exploited CVEs currently tracked.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2007-4677

  • Confirm whether Apple Quicktime is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2007-4677.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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