CVE-2005-2501: Apple Mac OS X

High severity, CVSS 7.6. EPSS: 4.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in AppKit for Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.2 allows external user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Rich Text Format (RTF) file.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: version 10.3.9 only; version 10.4.2 only
• Apple Mac OS X Server: version 10.3.9 only; version 10.4.2 only

Published 2005-08-19. Last modified 2026-06-16.