CVE-2012-3722 describes a vulnerability in the Sorenson codec used by Apple QuickTime on Mac OS X (before 10.7.5) and CoreMedia on iOS (before 6). This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by exploiting uninitialized memory access when processing a specially crafted movie file with Sorenson encoding. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring user interaction (e.g., opening a malicious file) but potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 10.7.4CPE 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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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