CVE-2006-5084

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 16.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-09-29 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Format string vulnerability in the NSRunAlertPanel function in eBay Skype for Mac 1.5.*.79 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed Skype URL, as originally reported to involve a null dereference.

Affected products

Skype Technologies Skype: through 1.5.0.79

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/22185/
http://security-protocols.com/vids/skype_osx_0day.htm
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016966
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/202604
http://www.security-protocols.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3259
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20218
http://www.skype.com/security/skype-sb-2006-002.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3895
http://secunia.com/advisories/22185/
http://security-protocols.com/vids/skype_osx_0day.htm
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016966
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/202604

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