The Security Framework in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via certain public key values in an X.509 certificate that requires extra resources during signature verification
Published Nov 30, 2006
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.79%
Description
The Security Framework in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via certain public key values in an X.509 certificate that requires extra resources during signature verification. NOTE: this issue may be similar to CVE-2006-2940.
Affected products
No data.
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:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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 2, 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 (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.79% (0.01791) | 77.61th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.58% (0.01579) | 72.22th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.33% (0.00325) | 53.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 2.62% (0.02618) | 90.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 26, 2024 | 4.56% (0.04559) | 91.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 11, 2023 | 4.52% (0.04523) | 91.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 4, 2023 | 4.45% (0.04452) | 91.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 27, 2023 | 3.28% (0.03280) | 90.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 4, 2023 | 3.37% (0.03371) | 89.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.15% (0.03149) | 89.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 2, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 70.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 49.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (8)
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Nov/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23155 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017298 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.osvdb.org/30730 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21335 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-333A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4750 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Nov/msg00001.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23155 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1017298 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/30730 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21335 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-333A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4750 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
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