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CVE-2005-2525

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2525 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in CUPS, affecting Mac OS X versions 10.3.9 and 10.4.2, as well as Easy Software Products' CUPS implementations. The flaw stems from CUPS failing to properly close file descriptors when processing multiple simultaneous print jobs, leading to a printing halt. Rated with a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is network-exploitable with low attack complexity and requires no authentication, resulting in a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there any known public exploits or Metasploit modules available. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, indicating a low level of public attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.2.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.3.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0154 is in the 55th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 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/Aug/msg00000.html
PatchVendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id