Medium 6.4Published Apr 21, 2006

CVE-2006-1983Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in Mac OS X 10.4.6 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via the (1) PredictorVSetField function for…

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Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in Mac OS X 10.4.6 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via the (1) PredictorVSetField function for TIFF or (2) CFAllocatorAllocate function for GIF, as used in applications that use ImageIO or AppKit. NOTE: the BMP vector has been re-assigned to CVE-2006-2238 because it affects a separate product family.

CVSS: 6.4 MEDIUM (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
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	10.3; 10.3.1; 10.3.2; 10.3.3; 10.3.4; 10.3.5; 10.3.6; 10.3.7; and 9 more ranges	NVD
apple mac_os_x_server apple:mac_os_x_server	10.3; 10.3.1; 10.3.2; 10.3.3; 10.3.4; 10.3.5; 10.3.6; 10.3.7; and 9 more ranges	NVD

References

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/May/msg00003.html	patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/19686	vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20077	patch, vendor-advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016067	patch
http://www.osvdb.org/24821
http://www.osvdb.org/24822
http://www.security-protocols.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3233	exploit
http://www.security-protocols.com/sp-x28-advisory.php	vendor-advisory
http://www.security-protocols.com/sp-x30-advisory.php	vendor-advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17634	exploit
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