CVE-2006-5084 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Format string vulnerability in the NSRunAlertPanel function in eBay Skype for Mac 1.5.*.79 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed Skype URL, as originally reported to involve a null dereference.

Published: 2006-09-29

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 30.7% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:skype_technologies:skype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.30747.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/22185/
http://security-protocols.com/vids/skype_osx_0day.htm
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016966
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/202604
http://www.security-protocols.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3259
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20218
http://www.skype.com/security/skype-sb-2006-002.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3895

History

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Subscriptions

Skype Technologies Skype

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-09-29T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T19:41:03.649Z

Reserved: 2006-09-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-5084

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-09-29T00:07:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2006-5084

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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