Skip to content
Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2005-0043 in the critical feed json

Buffer overflow in Apple iTunes 4.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long URL in (1) .m3u or (2) .pls playlist files.

published 2005-01-19 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-0044

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
69.0%
EPSS 69.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.3%
public exploits
3
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in Apple iTunes 4.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long URL in (1) .m3u or (2) .pls playlist files.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/browser/apple_itunes_playlist)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

69.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.