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CVE-2009-0185

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-0185 describes a critical heap-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime versions prior to 7.6.2. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or trigger a denial of service by enticing a user to open a specially crafted AVI movie file containing malicious MS ADPCM encoded audio data. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and medium attack complexity. Despite its high severity and FAUCET Risk Score of 95/100, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 7.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:quicktime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:quicktime:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:quicktime:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:quicktime:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:quicktime:4.1.2:-:mac:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0584 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

applepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00000.html
PatchVendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 54879
secunia.com / advisories/35091
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / secunia_research/2009-6
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/50894
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15727
support.apple.com / kb/HT3591
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/504006/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/35163
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1469
PatchVendor Advisory