CVE-2005-2505 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2005-2505?

CVE-2005-2505 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 19 Aug 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-2505?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2005-2505?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-2505 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2005-2505 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-2505 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-23gh-v7pm-997j.