CVE-2005-2525: Apple Mac OS X

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CUPS in Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.2 does not properly close file descriptors when handling multiple simultaneous print jobs, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (printing halt).

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: version 10.3.9 only; version 10.4.2 only
• Easy Software Products Cups: version 1.2.10 only

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