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CVE-2006-4391
Buffer overflow in Apple ImageIO on Apple Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed…
- 5.1MediumCVSS base score
- 6.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Buffer overflow in Apple ImageIO on Apple Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed JPEG2000 image.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 35 days later
· 35 days later
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)
- 6.4% · top 6.2% 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 5.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References9
- 20271 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1016953 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 22187 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3852 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 29268 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2006-09-29 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- VU#546772 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- TA06-275A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- macos-jpeg2000-bo(29280) (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-2006-4379 (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-2006-4391)Record last updated .