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.
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.
| 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 ↗ |
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)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.3 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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8.6 | 10.0 | [email protected] |