Medium 5.1Published Mar 14, 2006

CVE-2006-0396Buffer overflow in Mail in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 up to 10.4.5, when patched with Security Update 2006-001, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long Real Name value in an e-mail atta…

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Buffer overflow in Mail in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 up to 10.4.5, when patched with Security Update 2006-001, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long Real Name value in an e-mail attachment sent in AppleDouble format, which triggers the overflow when the user double-clicks on an attachment.

CVSS: 5.1 MEDIUM (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

apple mac_os_x apple:mac_os_x	10.4; 10.4.1; 10.4.2; 10.4.3; 10.4.4; 10.4.5	NVD
apple mac_os_x_server apple:mac_os_x_server	10.4; 10.4.1; 10.4.2; 10.4.3; 10.4.4; 10.4.5	NVD

References

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303453
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Mar/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19129	patch, vendor-advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015762	patch
http://www.digitalmunition.com/DMA%5B2006-0313a%5D.txt	exploit, vendor-advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/980084	us-government-resource
http://www.osvdb.org/23872
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427601/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17081	exploit, patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0949
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