CVE-2006-1983
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (7.86%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.4 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 7.86% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- apple/mac os x · apple/mac os x server
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 7.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/May/msg00003.htmlPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19686Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20077Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016067Patch
- http://www.osvdb.org/24821
- http://www.osvdb.org/24822
- http://www.security-protocols.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3233Exploit
- http://www.security-protocols.com/sp-x28-advisory.phpVendor Advisory
- http://www.security-protocols.com/sp-x30-advisory.phpVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17634Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17951
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-132A.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1452Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1779Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25949
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25951
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/May/msg00003.htmlPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19686Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20077Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016067Patch
- http://www.osvdb.org/24821
- http://www.osvdb.org/24822
- http://www.security-protocols.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3233Exploit
- http://www.security-protocols.com/sp-x28-advisory.phpVendor Advisory
- http://www.security-protocols.com/sp-x30-advisory.phpVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17634Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17951
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-132A.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1452Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1779Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.