CVEvulnerability
CVE-2005-2502
5.1 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2005-08-19
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.1 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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.
Affected configurations
• 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
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html lists.apple.com
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html lists.apple.com
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014695 securitytracker.com
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/172948 US Government Resource
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-229A.html US Government Resource
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html lists.apple.com
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html lists.apple.com
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014695 securitytracker.com
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/172948 US Government Resource
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-229A.html US Government Resource