CVE-2006-1985 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2006-1985?

CVE-2006-1985 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 21 Apr 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Heap-based buffer overflow in BOM BOMArchiveHelper 10.4 (6.3) Build 312, as used in Mac OS X 10.4.6 and earlier, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted archive (such as ZIP) that contains long path names, which triggers an error in the BOMStackPop function.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1985?

It affects 3 products.

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

How do I fix CVE-2006-1985?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-1985 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-2006-1985 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-1985 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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