Medium 5.0Published Dec 6, 2006

CVE-2006-6353Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in BOMArchiveHelper in Mac OS X allow user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors related to (1) certa…

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Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in BOMArchiveHelper in Mac OS X allow user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors related to (1) certain KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE thread crashes and (2) certain KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS thread crashes, as discovered with the "iSec Partners FileP fuzzer".

CVSS: 5.0 MEDIUM (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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 bomarchivehelper apple:bomarchivehelper	all versions	NVD
apple mac_os_x apple:mac_os_x	10.4.8	NVD
apple mac_os_x_server apple:mac_os_x_server	10.4.8	NVD

References

References

http://security-protocols.com/2006/12/04/bomarchivehelper-needs-some-lovin/	exploit, vendor-advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21446	vendor-advisory

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