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CVE-2005-0972

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 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

Integer overflow in the searchfs system call in Mac OS X 10.3.9 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted parameters.

Affected products

macOS: 10.0, 10.0.1, 10.0.2, 10.0.3, 10.0.4, 10.1 (+23)
Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.0, 10.1, 10.1.1, 10.1.2, 10.1.3, 10.1.4 (+19)

References

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