Buffer overflow in the JavaScript implementation in Safari on Apple Mac OS X 10.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long argument to the exec method of a regular expression
Published Nov 21, 2006
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.21%
Description
Buffer overflow in the JavaScript implementation in Safari on Apple Mac OS X 10.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long argument to the exec method of a regular expression.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat does not consider unexploitable client application crashes to be security flaws. This bug causes a stack recursion crash which is not exploitable.
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 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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.21% (0.04209) | 90.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.52% (0.03517) | 87.67th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 3, 2026 | 8.50% (0.08500) | 92.34th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 6.50% (0.06503) | 90.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.89% (0.02894) | 91.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 15, 2024 | 2.89% (0.02894) | 90.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 25, 2023 | 2.72% (0.02719) | 89.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 18, 2023 | 2.90% (0.02903) | 89.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 11, 2023 | 2.92% (0.02916) | 89.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.98% (0.02981) | 89.33th | 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) |
No CWE recorded.
References (6)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451542/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451823/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21053 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-6015 Vendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6015
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-6015
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451542/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451823/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21053 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-6015 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6015 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-6015 |
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