National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-3502

Overview

Unspecified vulnerability in ImageIO in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.7 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF image that triggers a memory allocation failure that is not properly handled.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#651844

Name: VU#651844

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/651844

US-CERT Technical Alert: TA06-214A

Name: TA06-214A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html

External Source: XF

Name: macosx-imageio-gif-code-execution(28144)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/28144

External Source: BID

Name: 19289

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 27741

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/27741

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-3101

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/3101

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21253

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21253

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2006-08-01

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html