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CVE-2011-3249

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-3249 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in Apple QuickTime versions prior to 7.7.1, affecting both Apple and Microsoft Windows operating systems. This critical flaw, with a CVSS score of 9.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by enticing a user to open a specially crafted movie file utilizing FLC encoding. Despite its high severity and potential for complete compromise (C:C/I:C/A:C), 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
<= 7.7CPE 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:quicktime:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:quicktime:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
5.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0513 is in the 60th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 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

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16130
support.apple.com / kb/HT5016
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT5130