# CVE-2005-1579: Information disclosure in n/a

> Remote attackers can read local information and exfiltrate it by tricking users into opening a malicious QuickTime file containing a crafted Quartz Composer composition.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 May 2005
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** CVE-2005-1334, GHSA-836x-rc5c-8hxf

## What is CVE-2005-1579?

CVE-2005-1579 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Quicktime, published on 14 May 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Apple QuickTime Player 7.0 on Mac OS X 10.4 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a .mov file with a Quartz Composer composition (.qtz) file that uses certain patches to read local information, then other patches to send the information to the attacker.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-1579?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Apple Quicktime.

## How do I fix CVE-2005-1579?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-1579 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2005-1579 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1579 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Apple Quicktime

- [CVE-2007-6238](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-6238/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-3428](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-3428/): Buffer overflow in QuickTime before 7.7.1 for Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2014-4979](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-4979/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2014-1243](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-1243/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2014-1244](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-1244/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2005-1579 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2005-1579 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Quicktime, published on 14 May 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1579 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Apple Quicktime. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-1579/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-1579/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-1579
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1579
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-1579

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