CVE-2005-2502 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html http://securitytracker.com/id?1014695 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/172948 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-229A.html