Format string vulnerability in the NSRunAlertPanel function in eBay Skype for Mac 1.5.*.79 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a…

Description

Format string vulnerability in the NSRunAlertPanel function in eBay Skype for Mac 1.5.*.79 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed Skype URL, as originally reported to involve a null dereference.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

16.4% · top 3.0% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• VU#202604 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• 22185 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2006-3895 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 1016966 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 20218 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://security-protocols.com/vids/skype_osx_0day.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• http://www.skype.com/security/skype-sb-2006-002.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.security-protocols.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3259 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 19:41 UTC.