CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-3505

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability in WebKit in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document that causes WebKit to access an object that has already been deallocated.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could remotely crash the application or execute arbitrary code in the user's context, potentially leading to system compromise.

Recommendation

Update to the latest version of Mac OS X that includes a fix for this vulnerability, or avoid opening untrusted HTML documents.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

WebKit in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document that causes WebKit to access an object that has already been deallocated.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS