CVE-2005-0975: Apple Mac OS X

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: version 10.3 only; version 10.3.1 only; version 10.3.2 only; version 10.3.3 only; version 10.3.4 only; version 10.3.5 only; …
• Apple Mac OS X Server: version 10.3 only; version 10.3.1 only; version 10.3.2 only; version 10.3.3 only; version 10.3.4 only; version 10.3.5 only; …
• Opendarwin Darwin Kernel: version 7.1 only

Published 2005-05-02. Last modified 2026-06-16.