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CVE-2012-0659

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0659 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in Apple QuickTime on Mac OS X versions prior to 10.7.4, affecting both client and server editions. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.8) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service through a crafted MPEG file, requiring user interaction to open the malicious file. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 10.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.16%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0316 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 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 0.0 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/May/msg00001.html
Vendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00005.html
support.apple.com / kb/HT5261
support.apple.com / kb/HT5281
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/53445
securityfocus.com / bid/53467