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CVE-2005-1260: apple mac_os_x Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2005-1260DSA-741-1
Published 19-05-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-1260 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in apple mac_os_x. EPSS estimates a 6.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
6.15%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
RHSA-2005:474

Timeline

  1. 19-05-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

bzip2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hard drive consumption) via a crafted bzip2 file that causes an infinite loop (a.k.a "decompression bomb").

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

6.15%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

93%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 6.15% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
6.15%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian2 products
Apple1 product
Bzip1 product
Canonical1 product

4 vendors · 5 products

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