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CVE-2010-0059

CoreAudio in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service

CoreAudio in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via crafted audio content with QDM2 encoding, which triggers a buffer overflow due to inconsistent length fields, related to QDCA.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 0.04649
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
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Weakness Classification

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
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Affected Products & Versions

2
apple mac os xall versions
apple mac os x serverall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · product-security@apple.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD30 Mar 2010 · 05:30 PM
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References & Sources

6
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.htmlPatchVendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00002.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/510517/100/0/threaded
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-041
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6922
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