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
Published Mar 14, 2006
5.1
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 11.08%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 10.4
- 10.4.1
- 10.4.2
- 10.4.3
- 10.4.4
- 10.4.5
- 10.4
- 10.4.1
- 10.4.2
- 10.4.3
- 10.4.4
- 10.4.5
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 11.08% (0.11084) | 95.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 10.84% (0.10835) | 95.27th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 37.34% (0.37345) | 97.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 18, 2025 | 23.31% (0.23310) | 95.66th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 20.27% (0.20267) | 95.05th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 67.83% (0.67829) | 98.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 45.02% (0.45022) | 96.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 40.51% (0.40514) | 98.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 40.51% (0.40514) | 97.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (11)
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303453 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Mar/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19129 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015762 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatch
- http://www.digitalmunition.com/DMA%5B2006-0313a%5D.txt x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/980084 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/23872 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427601/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17081 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0949 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25209 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303453 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Mar/msg00001.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/19129 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1015762 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatch | |
| http://www.digitalmunition.com/DMA%5B2006-0313a%5D.txt | x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/980084 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/23872 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427601/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17081 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatch | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0949 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25209 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
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