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CVE-2005-2505

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% 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 CoreFoundation in Mac OS X 10.3.9 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via command line arguments to an application that uses CoreFoundation.

Affected products

• macOS: 10.3.9

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?1014697
• 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?1014697

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