CVE-2006-2277 — Multiple Apple Mac OS X 10.4 applications might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted OpenEXR (.exr) image file, which triggers the crash when opening a folder using Finder, displaying the image in Safari, or using Preview to open the file

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Multiple Apple Mac OS X 10.4 applications might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted OpenEXR (.exr) image file, which triggers the crash when opening a folder using Finder, displaying the image in Safari, or using Preview to open the file

Published May 9, 2006

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 7.39%

Description

Multiple Apple Mac OS X 10.4 applications might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted OpenEXR (.exr) image file, which triggers the crash when opening a folder using Finder, displaying the image in Safari, or using Preview to open the file.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

7.39% 0.07392

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.07392

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 (12 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	7.39% (0.07392)	94.24th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	7.39% (0.07392)	93.61th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
May 30, 2025	9.52% (0.09523)	92.41th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	4.42% (0.04421)	88.28th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.92% (0.00924)	83.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 13, 2024	0.92% (0.00924)	83.12th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Oct 2, 2023	0.92% (0.00924)	81.12th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 13, 2023	0.87% (0.00867)	79.84th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.81% (0.00810)	79.12th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	4.19% (0.04187)	87.39th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	4.19% (0.04187)	86.11th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	4.19% (0.04187)	69.86th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

http://www.osvdb.org/27780
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/432587/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17768
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://github.com/openexr/openexr/issues/564
x_refsource_CONFIRM

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.osvdb.org/27780		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/432587/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17768		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://github.com/openexr/openexr/issues/564		x_refsource_CONFIRM

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published May 9, 2006

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved May 9, 2006

Link CVE-2006-2277

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2006-2277

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2006-2277