CVE-2006-6015

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Published Nov 21, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 4.3% KEV · Not listed

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

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-5998	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 4.3% (4.320% probability within 30 days)

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References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451542/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451823/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21053

History

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Subscriptions

Apple Mac Os X

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 8:12 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Nov 21, 2006, 11:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 8:12 PM
Reserved: Nov 21, 2006, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:32 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 21, 2006, 11:07 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:32 PM

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