CVE-2005-2502 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Buffer overflow in AppKit for Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.2, as used in applications such as TextEdit, allows external user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Microsoft Word file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01006.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Apple Subscribe	Mac Os X Subscribe Mac Os X Server Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.3.9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.2:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-2503	Buffer overflow in AppKit for Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.2, as used in applications such as TextEdit, allows external user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Microsoft Word file.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
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/172948
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-229A.html

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-08-19T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:30:00.872Z

Reserved: 2005-08-10T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-2502

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-08-19T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2005-2502

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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