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CVE-2005-0971

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-05-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the semop system call in Mac OS X 10.3.9 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via crafted arguments.

Affected products

• macOS: 10.0, 10.0.1, 10.0.2, 10.0.3, 10.0.4, 10.1 (+24)

References

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Apr/msg00000.html
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/212190
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Apr/msg00000.html
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/212190

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