CVE-2005-2501

Severity: high (CVSS 7.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-08-19 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in AppKit for Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.2 allows external user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Rich Text Format (RTF) file.

Affected products

macOS: 10.3.9, 10.4.2
Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.3.9, 10.4.2

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014695
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/435188
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-229A.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014695
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/435188
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-229A.html

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