Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 30, 2010· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2010-0516
CVE-2010-0516
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in QuickTime in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted movie file with RLE encoding, which triggers memory corruption when the length of decompressed data exceeds that of the allocated heap chunk.
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Affected products
7cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: < 10.6.3 (Mac OS X context)
Patches
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References
6- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/kb/HT4077nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00002.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/510513/100/0/threadednvd
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-040nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7062nvd
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