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CVE-2005-0716

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2005-03-21 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Core Foundation Library in Mac OS X 10.3.5 and 10.3.6, and possibly earlier versions, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long CF_CHARSET_PATH environment variable.

Affected products

• macOS: 10.3, 10.3.1, 10.3.2, 10.3.3, 10.3.4, 10.3.5 (+3)
• Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.3, 10.3.1, 10.3.2, 10.3.3, 10.3.4, 10.3.5 (+1)

References

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Mar/msg00000.html
• http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=219&type=vulnerabilities
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13224
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Mar/msg00000.html
• http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=219&type=vulnerabilities
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13224

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