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CVE-2005-0043

75
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0043 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in Apple iTunes 4.7. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying an excessively long URL within specially crafted .m3u or .pls playlist files. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. While not currently on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit modules are publicly available in Metasploit and ExploitDB, indicating a high potential for exploitation. Despite the availability of exploit code, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:itunes:4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
69.01%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Apple ITunes 4.7 Playlist Buffer Overflow · Jan 11, 2005
ExploitDB: EDB-16562 · May 9, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.6901 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2005/Jan/msg00000.html
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/13804
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/18851
idefense.com / application/poi/display
ExploitPatch
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/377368
PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
osvdb.org / 12833
securityfocus.com / bid/12238