CVE-2006-3946 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2006-3946?

CVE-2006-3946 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 31 Jul 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

WebCore in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4 through 10.4.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted HTML that triggers a "memory management error" in WebKit, possibly due to a buffer overflow, as originally reported for the KHTMLParser::popOneBlock function in Apple Safari 2.0.4 using Javascript that changes document.body.innerHTML within a DIV tag.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-3946?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Apple Safari.

How do I fix CVE-2006-3946?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-3946 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-2006-3946 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-3946 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-w328-9wrc-m6wh.