CVE-2005-2501

Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.2 - Buffer Overflow in AppKit via Crafted RTF File

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (5)

Core 5

Core References

Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-229A.html

Patch vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple

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

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://securitytracker.com/id?1014695

Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert-vn

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/435188

Patch vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0421

EPSS Percentile 90.0%

Details

Status published

Products (4)

apple/mac_os_x 10.3.9

apple/mac_os_x 10.4.2

apple/mac_os_x_server 10.3.9

apple/mac_os_x_server 10.4.2

Published Aug 19, 2005

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026