CVE-2006-1983 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2006-1983?

CVE-2006-1983 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 21 Apr 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in Mac OS X 10.4.6 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via the (1) PredictorVSetField function for TIFF or (2) CFAllocatorAllocate function for GIF, as used in applications that use ImageIO or AppKit. NOTE: the BMP vector has been re-assigned to CVE-2006-2238 because it affects a separate product family.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1983?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Apple Mac Os X Server.

How do I fix CVE-2006-1983?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-1983 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2006-1983 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-1983 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-6477-j2rc-33qc.