CVE-2006-1985
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…
- 5.1MediumCVSS base score
- 13.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Apple Mac OSX 10.x - '.zip' 'BOMStackPop()' Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 27715dos, osxpublished 20 Apr 2006Verified
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Timeline
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Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 13.9% · top 3.4% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
13
- 17951 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 24819 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1779 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.security-protocols.com/sp-x25-advisory.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- TA06-132A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- http://www.security-protocols.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3233 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1016082 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2006-05-11 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- macosx-archivehelper-bo(25945) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1452 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 17634 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20077 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 19686 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-1985 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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