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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2011-3220

Medium
4.3/10

Summary

QuickTime in Apple Mac OS X before 10.7.2 does not properly process URL data handlers in movie files, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized memory locations via a crafted file.

  • MEDIUM
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published