Buffer overflow in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2006-3946
WebCore in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4 through 10.4.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted HTML that triggers a "memory management error" in WebKit, possibly due to a buffer overflow, as originally reported for the KHTMLParser::popOneBlock function in Apple Safari 2.0.4 using Javascript that changes document.body.innerHTML within a DIV tag.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.053 (92.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 92.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.053 · newest: 0.053 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X — versions 10.3.9, 10.4, 10.4.1
- Apple Safari — versions 2.0.4
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-31-safari-khtmlparserpoponeblock.html (Exploit)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28081 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/22187 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3852 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/27534 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/21271 (Exploit, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Sep/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/19250 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3069 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)