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The malloc function in the libSystem library in Apple Mac...

Low severity Unreviewed Published May 1, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 3, 2025

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

The malloc function in the libSystem library in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by setting the MallocLogFile environment variable to the target file before running a setuid application.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Oct 25, 2005
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 1, 2022
Last updated Apr 3, 2025

Severity

Low

EPSS score

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(28th percentile)

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2005-2748

GHSA ID

GHSA-755q-cvwp-xv2m

Source code

No known source code

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