CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-2505

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

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.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability locally or remotely to gain control of the system by executing malicious code with the victim's privileges.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately update Mac OS X to version 10.4 or later, which includes a fix for this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS