CVE-2005-2502

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

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Buffer overflow in AppKit for Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.2, as used in applications such as TextEdit, allows external user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Microsoft Word file.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014695
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert-vn
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/172948
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-229A.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0334
EPSS Percentile 87.4%

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