CVE-2006-1984

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-04-21 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the _cg_TIFFSetField function in Mac OS X 10.4.6 and earlier, as used in applications that use ImageIO or AppKit, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted TIFF image that triggers a null dereference.

Affected products

macOS: through 10.4.5; 10.3, 10.3.1, 10.3.2, 10.3.3, 10.3.4, 10.3.5 (+9)
Apple Mac Os X Server: through 10.4.5; 10.3, 10.3.1, 10.3.2, 10.3.3, 10.3.4, 10.3.5 (+9)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/May/msg00003.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19686
http://secunia.com/advisories/20077
http://www.security-protocols.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3233
http://www.security-protocols.com/sp-x29-advisory.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17634
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17951
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-132A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1452
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1779
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25950
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/May/msg00003.html

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