CVE-2005-0716

highpriority · track · 39EPSS 0.011 · 64 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

2 exploits · functional

Likely / severe?

1.05% (64th) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

17 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Core Foundation Library in Mac OS X 10.3.5 and 10.3.6, and possibly earlier versions, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long CF_CHARSET_PATH environment variable.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–7.2

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v2.06.5mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-121USLLM-inferred

exploits (2)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-2111Apple Mac OSX 10.3.8 - 'CF_CHARSET_PATH' Local Buffer Overflow (2)functional · exploit_db
EDB-896Apple Mac OSX 10.3.8 - 'CF_CHARSET_PATH' Local Buffer Overflow / Local Privilege Escalationfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (17)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
apple mac os x= 10.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x= 10.3.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x= 10.3.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x= 10.3.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x= 10.3.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x= 10.3.5nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x= 10.3.6nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x= 10.3.7nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x= 10.3.8nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x server= 10.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x server= 10.3.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x server= 10.3.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x server= 10.3.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x server= 10.3.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x server= 10.3.5nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x server= 10.3.6nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

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sources

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enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2005-03-21modified 2026-06-16

references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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