CVE-2006-1985

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 13.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-04-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in BOM BOMArchiveHelper 10.4 (6.3) Build 312, as used in Mac OS X 10.4.6 and earlier, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted archive (such as ZIP) that contains long path names, which triggers an error in the BOMStackPop function.

Affected products

macOS: 10.3, 10.3.1, 10.3.2, 10.3.3, 10.3.4, 10.3.5 (+11)
Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.3, 10.3.1, 10.3.2, 10.3.3, 10.3.4, 10.3.5 (+11)
Apple Safari: 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/May/msg00003.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19686
http://secunia.com/advisories/20077
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016082
http://www.osvdb.org/24819
http://www.security-protocols.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3233
http://www.security-protocols.com/sp-x25-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

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