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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.4

CVE-2006-1983 json

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in Mac OS X 10.4.6 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execut…

published 2006-04-21 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-1983

cvss
6.4
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.9%
EPSS 7.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in Mac OS X 10.4.6 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via the (1) PredictorVSetField function for TIFF or (2) CFAllocatorAllocate function for GIF, as used in applications that use ImageIO or AppKit. NOTE: the BMP vector has been re-assigned to CVE-2006-2238 because it affects a separate product family.

Patch / fix

Exploit prediction

7.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • security-protocols.com http://www.security-protocols.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3233 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17634 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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