CVE-2005-2757

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-12-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in CoreFoundation in Mac OS X and OS X Server 10.4 through 10.4.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown attack vectors involving "validation of URLs."

Affected products

macOS: 10.3, 10.3.1, 10.3.2, 10.3.3, 10.3.4, 10.3.5 (+8)
Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.3, 10.3.1, 10.3.2, 10.3.3, 10.3.4, 10.3.5 (+8)

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302847
http://secunia.com/advisories/17813
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015285
http://www.osvdb.org/21271
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15647
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2659
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23329
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302847
http://secunia.com/advisories/17813
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015285
http://www.osvdb.org/21271
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15647

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