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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.1

CVE-2006-0396 json

Buffer overflow in Mail in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 up to 10.4.5, when patched with Security Update 2006-001, allows remote attackers to execute…

published 2006-03-14 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-0403

cvss
5.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
11.1%
EPSS 11.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in Mail in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 up to 10.4.5, when patched with Security Update 2006-001, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long Real Name value in an e-mail attachment sent in AppleDouble format, which triggers the overflow when the user double-clicks on an attachment.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-1583)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

11.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-1583 Apple Mac OSX 10.4.5 Mail.app - Real Name Buffer Overflow remote, 2006-03-13
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17081 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • digitalmunition.com http://www.digitalmunition.com/DMA%5B2006-0313a%5D.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.1 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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