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CVE-2006-0396
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…
Medium5.1EPSS 11.1%
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Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 11.1% · top 4.1% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (11)
- 17081 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 23872 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ADV-2006-0949 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1015762 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- VU#980084 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- macosx-mail-attachment-bo(25209) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 19129 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.digitalmunition.com/DMA%5B2006-0313a%5D.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2006-03-13 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303453 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20060314 DMA[2006-0313a] - 'Apple OSX Mail.app RFC1740 Real Name Buffer Overflow' (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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