CVE - CVE-2006-1983

CVE-ID
CVE-2006-1983	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in Mac OS X 10.4.6 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via the (1) PredictorVSetField function for TIFF or (2) CFAllocatorAllocate function for GIF, as used in applications that use ImageIO or AppKit. NOTE: the BMP vector has been re-assigned to CVE-2006-2238 because it affects a separate product family.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
APPLE:APPLE-SA-2006-05-11 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/May/msg00003.html BID:17634 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17634 BID:17951 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17951 CERT:TA06-132A URL:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-132A.html MISC:http://www.security-protocols.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3233 MISC:http://www.security-protocols.com/sp-x28-advisory.php MISC:http://www.security-protocols.com/sp-x30-advisory.php OSVDB:24821 URL:~~http://www.osvdb.org/24821~~ (Obsolete source) OSVDB:24822 URL:~~http://www.osvdb.org/24822~~ (Obsolete source) SECTRACK:1016067 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1016067 SECUNIA:19686 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/19686 SECUNIA:20077 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/20077 VUPEN:ADV-2006-1452 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1452~~ (Obsolete source) VUPEN:ADV-2006-1779 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1779~~ (Obsolete source) XF:macosx-cfallocatorallocate-bo(25949) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25949 XF:macosx-predictorvsetfield-bo(25951) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25951
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20060421	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20060421)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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