Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 2, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-3497
CVE-2006-3497
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the "compression state handling" in Bom for Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.7 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Zip archive.
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Affected products
5cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
7- secunia.com/advisories/21253nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289nvdExploitPatch
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101nvdVendor Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/514740nvdUS Government Resource
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- www.osvdb.org/27735nvd
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