CVE-2005-2501

high

Description

Buffer overflow in AppKit for Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.2 allows external user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Rich Text Format (RTF) file.

References

Advisories
More

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

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/435188

http://securitytracker.com/id?1014695

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-08-19

Updated: 2025-04-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H