CVE-2006-2238: Apple Quicktime

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 6.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted BMP file that triggers the overflow in the ReadBMP function. NOTE: this issue was originally included as item 3 in CVE-2006-1983, but it has been given a separate identifier because it is a distinct issue.

Affected products

• Apple Quicktime: up to and including 7.0.4; version 7.0 only; version 7.0.1 only; version 7.0.2 only; version 7.0.3 only

Published 2006-05-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.