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CVE-2006-3224
Apple Safari 2.0.3 (417.9.3) on Mac OS X 10.4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via Javascript with…
- 5.4MediumCVSS base score
- 1.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 33% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Apple Safari 2.0.3 (417.9.3) on Mac OS X 10.4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via Javascript with an infinite for loop. NOTE: it could be argued that this is not a vulnerability, unless it interferes with the operation of the system outside of the scope of Safari itself.
Timeline
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By mitre
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 | Medium5.4 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 33% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References2
- 20060519 Apple Safari 2.0.3 (417.9.3) JavaScript - Denial of Service (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- safari-javascript-dos(26558) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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-2006-3221 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2006-3224)Record last updated .