CVE-2008-0234

Exp

Buffer overflow in Apple Quicktime Player 7.3.1.70 and other versions before 7.4.1, when RTSP tunneling is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long Reason-Phrase response to an rtsp:// request, as demonstrated using a 404 error message.

Published: 2008-01-11 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-0234 is rated High Exploit Risk (91.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 44.52%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +6.89% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-0234

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
4906 exploit_db edb 2008-01-14 Exploit-DB ↗
4885 exploit_db edb 2008-01-10 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-0234

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-22 37.62% 44.52% +6.89%
2 2025-10-30 44.14% 37.62% -6.52%
3 2025-03-30 44.14%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-0234

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-0234

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-0234

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apple quicktime 7.3.1.70 cpe:2.3:a:apple:quicktime:7.3.1.70:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple quicktime 7.4 cpe:2.3:a:apple:quicktime:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-0234

URL Tags
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00000.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Feb/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28423 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31034 Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3537 Exploit
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/112179 US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486091/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486114/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486161/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486174/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486238/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486241/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486268/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27225 Exploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019178
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0107 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2064/references Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39601
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4885
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4906
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