CVE-2005-0973 describes an unknown vulnerability in the setsockopt system call affecting Mac OS X 10.3.9 and earlier. This flaw allows a local attacker to trigger a denial of service by causing memory exhaustion through specially crafted arguments. With a CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), it is considered low severity, requiring local access and resulting in partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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