Apple Mac OS X 10.4 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.4. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2006-6015. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 (Operating System). Affected is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was shared 11/21/2006 (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-6015 since 11/21/2006. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (29007) and SecurityFocus (BID 21053†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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11/14/2006 🔍
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03/12/2015 +3033 days 🔍
04/28/2026 +4064 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-6015 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-6015
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-33354
SecurityFocus: 21053 - Apple Safari JavaScript Regular Expression Match Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 04/28/2026 00:41
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (52), 03/26/2019 15:33 (1), 06/01/2025 15:39 (21), 04/28/2026 00:41 (2)
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