CVE-2005-2501 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Buffer overflow in AppKit for Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.2 allows external user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Rich Text Format (RTF) file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0131.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Apple Subscribe	Mac Os X Subscribe Mac Os X Server Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.3.9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.2:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-2502	Buffer overflow in AppKit for Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.2 allows external user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Rich Text Format (RTF) file.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014695
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/435188
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-229A.html

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-08-19T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:30:01.207Z

Reserved: 2005-08-10T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-2501

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-08-19T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2005-2501

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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