CVE-2006-0396

mediumpriority · track · 34EPSS 0.111 · 96 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

11.1% (96th) EPSS

CVSS 5.1 · medium

Is it mine?

13 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Buffer overflow in Mail in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 up to 10.4.5, when patched with Security Update 2006-001, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long Real Name value in an e-mail attachment sent in AppleDouble format, which triggers the overflow when the user double-clicks on an attachment.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.05.1mediumAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 4.9 · impact 6.4

v2.04.6mediumAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-119USLLM-inferred

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-1583Apple Mac OSX 10.4.5 Mail.app - Real Name Buffer Overflowfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (13)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
apple mac os x= 10.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x= 10.4.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x= 10.4.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x= 10.4.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x= 10.4.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x= 10.4.5nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x server= 10.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x server= 10.4.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x server= 10.4.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x server= 10.4.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x server= 10.4.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x server= 10.4.5nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

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enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2006-03-14modified 2026-06-16

references (22)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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