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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.1

CVE-2006-1985 json

Heap-based buffer overflow in BOM BOMArchiveHelper 10.4 (6.3) Build 312, as used in Mac OS X 10.4.6 and earlier, allows user-assisted attac…

published 2006-04-21 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-1985

cvss
5.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
13.9%
EPSS 13.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in BOM BOMArchiveHelper 10.4 (6.3) Build 312, as used in Mac OS X 10.4.6 and earlier, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted archive (such as ZIP) that contains long path names, which triggers an error in the BOMStackPop function.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-27715)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

13.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-27715 Apple Mac OSX 10.x - '.zip' 'BOMStackPop()' Overflow dos, 2006-04-20

CVSS scores

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

Classification

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

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.