CVE-2005-0043
Buffer overflow in Apple iTunes 4.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long URL in (1) .m3u or (2) .pls playlist files.
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 69.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Buffer overflow in Apple iTunes 4.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long URL in (1) .m3u or (2) .pls playlist files.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- Apple ITunes 4.7 Playlist Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/browser/apple_itunes_playlistRank normaldisclosed 11 Jan 2005
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Apple iTunes 4.7 - Playlist Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16562local, windowspublished 9 May 2010Verified
- Apple iTunes - Playlist Parsing Local Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 758local, osxpublished 16 Jan 2005Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 9 days later
· 9 days later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 69.0% · top 0.6% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- VU#377368 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 1012839 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- itunes-m3u-pls-bo(18851) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 13804 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20050113 Apple iTunes Playlist Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2005-01-11 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 12833 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 12238 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-0044 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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