CVE-2005-0969

macOS < 10.3.9 - Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in Syscall Emulation

Title source: llm

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the syscall emulation functionality in Mac OS X before 10.3.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted parameters.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Apr/msg00000.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0037

EPSS Percentile 30.3%

Details

Status published

Products (29)

apple/mac_os_x 10.0

apple/mac_os_x 10.0.1

apple/mac_os_x 10.0.2

apple/mac_os_x 10.0.3

apple/mac_os_x 10.0.4

apple/mac_os_x 10.1

apple/mac_os_x 10.1.1

apple/mac_os_x 10.1.2

apple/mac_os_x 10.1.3

apple/mac_os_x 10.1.4

... and 19 more

Published May 12, 2005

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026