Buffer overflow in the JavaScript implementation in Safari on Apple Mac OS X 10.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long argument to the exec method of a regular expression.
Published 2006-11-21 23:07:00
Updated 2025-04-09 00:30:58
Source MITRE
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Vulnerability category: OverflowDenial of service

Products affected by CVE-2006-6015

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6015

6.77%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 90 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2006-6015

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
5.0
MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
10.0
2.9
NIST

Vendor statements for CVE-2006-6015

  • Red Hat 2006-12-04
    Red Hat does not consider unexploitable client application crashes to be security flaws. This bug causes a stack recursion crash which is not exploitable.
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