National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2005-2747
Original release date:10/25/2005
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Buffer overflow in ImageIO for Apple Mac OS X 10.4.2, as used by applications such as WebCore and Safari, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF file.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides user account access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#650681
Name: VU#650681
External Source: CIAC
Name: P-312
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: AUSCERT
Name: ESB-2005.0732
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 16920
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2005-09-22
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: macos-imageio-bo(22381)
External Source: BID
Name: 14914
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1014958
