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CVE-2005-0975
Integer signedness error in the parse_machfile function in the mach-o loader (mach_loader.c) for the Darwin Kernel as used in Mac OS X…
- 2.1LowCVSS base score
- 0.51%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 56% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Integer signedness error in the parse_machfile function in the mach-o loader (mach_loader.c) for the Darwin Kernel as used in Mac OS X 10.3.7, and other versions before 10.3.9, allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted mach-o header.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 17 days later
· 17 days later
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 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 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.51% · top 56% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References10
- 1013735 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2005-04-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 1012941 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://felinemenace.org/advisories/macosx.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- macos-machloader-dos(18979) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2005-0041 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20050119 Darwin Kernel Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 13902 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- P-185 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
- 12314 (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-2005-0976 (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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