CVE-2005-1330 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can crash Cocoa applications on Mac OS X by providing a malformed TIFF image, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2005-1330?
CVE-2005-1330 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 4 May 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
AppKit in Mac OS X 10.3.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (Cocoa application crash) via a malformed TIFF image that causes the NXSeek to use an incorrect offset, leading to an unhandled exception.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-1330?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Apple Mac Os X, Apple Mac Os X Server.
How do I fix CVE-2005-1330?
No fix has been published for CVE-2005-1330 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2005-1330 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1330 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Mac Os X
Sources
Also known as GHSA-86fv-8hq6-mg5f.