# CVE-2005-2594: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can crash Apple Safari on Mac OS X by sending malicious JavaScript, requiring user interaction to visit a crafted page.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Aug 2005
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wmvj-4fqf-j6f3

## What is CVE-2005-2594?

CVE-2005-2594 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Safari, published on 17 Aug 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

Apple Safari 1.3 (132) on Mac OS X 1.3.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain Javascript, possibly involving a function that defines a handler for itself within the function body.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-2594?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Apple Safari.

## How do I fix CVE-2005-2594?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-2594 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2005-2594 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2005-2594 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Apple Safari 1.3 Web Browser - JavaScript Invalid Address Denial of Service (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Apple Safari

- [CVE-2015-5780](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5780/): Security feature bypass in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2014-1300](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-1300/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2014-1303](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-1303/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2010-1120](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-1120/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2009-0137](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-0137/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2005-2594 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2005-2594 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Safari, published on 17 Aug 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2005-2594 exists.

Affected product: Apple Safari. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-2594/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-2594/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2594
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2594
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-2594

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-2594/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.