CVE-2005-2502

MediumCVSS 5.1/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Buffer overflow in AppKit for Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.2, as used in applications such as TextEdit, allows external user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Microsoft Word file.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.1/10AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014695
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/172948US Government Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-229A.htmlUS Government Resource
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014695
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/172948US Government Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-229A.htmlUS Government Resource

Timeline

Published: Aug 19, 2005
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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