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CVE-2005-2525

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-08-19 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

CUPS in Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.2 does not properly close file descriptors when handling multiple simultaneous print jobs, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (printing halt).

Affected products

• macOS: 10.3.9, 10.4.2
• Easy Software Products Cups: 1.2.10

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?1014698
• 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?1014698

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