CVE-2005-2502: Apple Mac OS X

Medium severity, CVSS 5.1. EPSS: 3.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

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.