CVE-2006-3497 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2006-3497?

CVE-2006-3497 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 2 Aug 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

Unspecified vulnerability in the "compression state handling" in Bom for Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.7 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Zip archive.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-3497?

It affects 2 products.

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

How do I fix CVE-2006-3497?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-3497 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-2006-3497 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-3497 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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