CVE-2006-5084 Other in n/a

What is CVE-2006-5084?

CVE-2006-5084 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Sep 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

Format string vulnerability in the NSRunAlertPanel function in eBay Skype for Mac 1.5.*.79 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed Skype URL, as originally reported to involve a null dereference.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-5084?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Skype Technologies Skype.

How do I fix CVE-2006-5084?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-5084 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2006-5084 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-5084 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2005-3267 Integer overflow in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2008-1805 Security feature bypass in n/a Critical 9.3
• CVE-2008-2545 Security feature bypass in n/a Critical 9.3
• CVE-2005-3265 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 9.3
• CVE-2004-1114 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 9.3

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-r928-p8mx-8vvp.