CVE-2006-1985
mediumpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.139 · 97 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
cvss
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weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-27715Apple Mac OSX 10.x - '.zip' 'BOMStackPop()' Overflowfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (39)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (26)
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- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/May/msg00003.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19686enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20077enisa_euvd
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016082enisa_euvd
- http://www.osvdb.org/24819enisa_euvd
- http://www.security-protocols.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3233enisa_euvd
- http://www.security-protocols.com/sp-x25-advisory.phpenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17634enisa_euvd
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